file_get_contents() SSL error

Question

I followed a certain tutorial found here to install Wordpress onto App Engine, using a SQL Cloud Database.

I'm up to the point when I have to run the setup script to download the Wordpress archive and plugins. When that command is ran I get the following errors:

Downloading the WordPress archive...

Warning: file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed in /Users/Me/Sites/Blog/src/Project.php on line 47

Warning: file_get_contents(): Failed to enable crypto in /Users/Me/Sites/Blog/src/Project.php on line 47

Warning: file_get_contents(https://wordpress.org/latest.zip): failed to open stream: operation failed in /Users/Me/Sites/Blog/src/Project.php on line 47

I've looked at multiple resources to combat this issue such as, this one, where they suggest to set the verification to the peer to false, but I do not have that option within this project. I also found that someone suggested to use curl instead but I'm unsure how to use that without breaking the project.

What do you mean by "I do not have that option within this project" ? Is this a code you write or not? — Dekel, Dec 28 '16 at 01:56
Your error is line 47 of Project.php which is `file_put_contents($file, file_get_contents($url));` which you don't seem to have permission to do. — Tim Hallman, Dec 28 '16 at 02:26
@Dekel I did not write this code. I'm using it within a project. — privateer35, Dec 28 '16 at 22:21
@TimHallman Yes, which is my problem. Using `file_put_contents` seems not to play nicely with certificates. — privateer35, Dec 28 '16 at 22:22

file_get_contents() SSL error

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