composer to disable https completely - ssl

Question

my network does not work well with https, so doing
composer.phar install
throws
[Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
The "https://packagist.org/packages.json" file could not be downloaded: Failed to enable crypto
failed to open stream: operation failed
i used
{
"packagist": false
},
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "http://packagist.org",
"options": {
"ssl": {
"verify_peer": "false"
}
}
}
as a http falback, but again it crashes in some other point:
Installing dependencies
- Installing symfony/translation (v2.4.0)
Downloading: 100%
Downloading: 100%
Downloading: 100%
[Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
The "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/Translation/zipball/0919e0fc709217f8c9e5049f2603419fdd4a34ff" file could not be downloaded: Failed to
enable crypto
failed to open stream: operation failed
my problem is just with TLSv1, previous SSL versions should work, as the browsers work correctly.
how should i do, the problem also exists in other cmd tools that depend on https like npm, bower, git, curl, ...

Answer 1

composer config --global disable-tls true
composer config --global secure-http false

Answer 2

You can turn off TLS (For your specific project) using your composer.json as such:
{
"require": {
"laravel/framework": "5.2.43"
},
"config": {
"preferred-install": "dist",
"disable-tls": true,
"secure-http": false
}
}
NB: Take not of the "disable-tls": true in the config section.

Answer 3

The problem is simply that you wrapped "false" in quotes, which is true when converted to bool.
Use "verify_peer": false instead of "verify_peer": "false":
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "http://packagist.org",
"options": {
"ssl": {
"verify_peer": false
}
}
}
]
}

Answer 4

It's okey.
It will work. You just have a mismatch:
"options": {
"ssl": {
"verify_peer": false
}
}

Answer 5

in order to disable https totaly (not recommanded)
you need to add "secure-http": false in your composer.json file config key like this:
{
"name": "laravel/laravel",
"description": "The Laravel Framework.",
"keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
"license": "MIT",
"require": {
"laravel/framework": "5.3.*",
},
...
"config": {
"preferred-install": "dist",
"bin-dir": "vendor/bin/",
"secure-http": false
},
"minimum-stability": "dev"
}

Answer 6

You cannot disable SSL with Composer. Even if it works like in your setup, you cannot control the source URLs of any package you use. Some of them do not offer anything without SSL, so you MUST use SSL.
I think it's the best idea to make SSL work. Did you try composer diag and see where the problem is?