Setup SSL for PDO-MySQL on Fedora - php

Question

I want to setup SSL for MySQL on Fedora. I am using PDO as MySQL-connector in PHP. But it is not working.
The PHP-version (php -v) is:
PHP 5.6.6 (cli) (built: Feb 19 2015 13:46:39)
When I check php -m I get a long list, including openssl, PDO, pdo_mysql, mysql.
In /etc/my.cnf I added the "ssl" and the three certificates (CA-root, private-key, certificate). I restarted MySQL and Apache.
The pdo-connector is this:
function getDBConn() {
return new PDO(
'mysql:host=localhost; dbname=forum',
user,
pass,
array(
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_KEY => path_to_same_as_in_my.cnf.key,
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CERT => path_to_same_as_in_my.cnf.crt,
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => path_to_same_as_in_my.cnf.crt
)
}
But on the pages that connect to the database I get the following errors:
Warning: PDO::__construct(): this stream does not support SSL/crypto in /var/www/html/functions.php on line 78
Warning: PDO::__construct(): cannot connect to MySQL by using SSL in /var/www/html/functions.php on line 78
Warning: PDO::__construct(): [2002] (trying to connect via unix:///var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock) in /var/www/html/functions.php on line 78
FATAL ERROR: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQL:STATE[HY000][2002]' in /var/www/html/functions.php:78 Stack trace .....
Anyone who has a solution for this?

Answer 1

All you need is this for PDO MySQL using SSL
<?php
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=ip;dbname=db', 'user', 'pass', array(
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_KEY =>'/etc/mysql/ssl/client-key.pem',
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CERT=>'/etc/mysql/ssl/client-cert.pem',
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA =>'/etc/mysql/ssl/ca-cert.pem'
)
);
$statement = $pdo->query("SHOW TABLES;");
$row = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
echo htmlentities($row['_message']);
?>
Another biggest reason you're getting the error is because you might not have openssl installed.