Codeigniter send email OpenSSL error

Question

I am having trouble sending email. I don't know what to do. I already un-commented the extension=php_openssl.dll in php.ini file, but I still receive this error.

Here is my code:

function send_email(){
        $config = array(
            'protocol' => 'smtp',
            'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',
            'smtp_port' => '465',
            'smpt_timeout' => '30',
            'smtp_user' => '[email protected]',
            'smtp_pass' => $pass,
            'charset' => 'utf-8',
            'newline' => "\r\n"
        );


        $this->load->helper('string');
        $this->load->library('email',$config);

        $this->email->from('[email protected]', 'Mr. Duterte');
        $this->email->to('[email protected]');

        $this->email->subject('DU30');
        $this->email->message('change is coming');
        //.base_url().'item/'.random_string

       if( $this->email->send()){
           echo "Success";
       }else{
           echo "Fail";

       }
    }

And I am getting three errors:

First:

"fsockopen(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed"

Second:

fsockopen(): Failed to enable crypto

Third:

fsockopen(): unable to connect to ssl://smtp.googlemail.com:465 (Unknown error)

Answer 1

I have figured out the problem. I just turned off my antivirus (Avast).

Answer 2

Avast Antivirus was blocking the port. I was using the SMTP port 465 for sending an email from CodeIgniter project:

fsockopen() failed to enable crypto

Simply disabling the Avast Antivirus solved the problem.

Another Solution but if you want to keep your Avast security on, you should:

• Open Avast

• Click on Settings (upper right corner of page)

• Click on Troubleshooting

• Click on Redirect Settings

• Clear the port you used from Redirect Settings's MAIL section

• Click OK

• Close Avast