Looks like main/config.w32.h.in needs to
#define HAVE_OPENSSL_EXT 1

I'm unable to test this ATM, so I'm hoping that some other kind win32 developer can look into it.

This is reproducable with latest php4-win32 snap, latest php4 source snap works on Linux:

Relevant parts from phpinfo():
Registered PHP Streams => php, http, ftp, compress.zlib
OpenSSL support => enabled
OpenSSL Version => OpenSSL 0.9.6g 9 Aug 2002

test:
--TEST--
Bug #20014 SSL w/ fsockopen not working
--SKIPIF--
<?php
    include('skipif.inc');
?>
--FILE--
<?php
var_dump(fsockopen('ssl://www.openssl.org', 443));
?>
--EXPECT--
resource(4) of type (stream)


---- EXPECTED OUTPUT
resource(4) of type (stream)
---- ACTUAL OUTPUT
Warning: fsockopen() [/phpmanual/function.fsockopen.html]: no SSL support in this build in D:\work\php4\ext\openssl\tests\bug20014.php on line 2

Warning: fsockopen() [/phpmanual/function.fsockopen.html]: unable to connect to www.openssl.org:443 in D:\work\php4\ext\openssl\tests\bug20014.php on line 2
bool(false)
---- FAILED

The 'OpenSSL support => enabled' is a bit misleading
since it just means that the openssl _extension_ is available. But the main PHP is not linked with the ssl
libs (win32 binaries provided by php.net) so of course
the SSL support is not available...Edin is looking into
this so assigning to him.

I changed main/config.w32.h and #define HAVE_OPENSSL_EXT 1 was added there (suggestion from wez@php.net). I compiled latest PHP sources under Win2000 using Visual Studio 6.0 , CygWin, OpenSSL libraries, .... Unfortunately there is still bug with fsockopen() function: no SSL support in this build. Are there any other suggestion to solve this problem?

A new infrastructure for dealing with this issue is being implemented in php5. It will therefore not be fixed by bundling openssl in the php4 build. Could even be illegal in some countries.

so no fix at all for 4.3.x? 

ouch, that leaves a bunch of us in the cold for probably more than a year.

any pointers on solving this manually?

manuzhai@php.net posted a custom dll here:
http://ftp.proventum.net/pub/php/win32/misc/openssl/

but he hasn't answered my emails regarding how i would do this myself, or if he's going to update for further 4.3.x releases :(

any info would be helpful, thanks!

It was me who built that binary. I'll try to keep that site updated with the new versions of 4.3.x branch. I will also write instructions on how you can do this yourself and post it on that url.

excellent, thank you!

hi edin,

any estimates on when you can post a new php4ts.dll and/or instructions on how i need to build this in myself?

as i said in my email: i'll be glad to put a donation in your box, or grab something on your amazon wishlist if you have one :)

thanks!

dietrich