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<h1 class="refname">openssl_error_string</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">openssl_error_string</span> — <span class="dc-title">Return openSSL error message</span></p>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>openssl_error_string</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<span class="function"><strong>openssl_error_string()</strong></span> returns the last error from the
openSSL library. Error messages are queued, so this function should be
called multiple times to collect all of the information. The last error will
be the most recent one.
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Returns an error message string, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if there are no more error
messages to return.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>openssl_error_string()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// lets assume you just called an openssl function that failed<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$msg </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">openssl_error_string</span><span style="color: #007700">())<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$msg </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<br />\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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