OpenSSL Error messages: error:14095126 unexpected eof while reading

Description
This error:

file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14095126:SSL routines:ssl3_read_n:unexpected eof while reading

returns when:

$file = file_get_contents($url['url'], false, stream_context_create($arrContextOptions));

Steps to Reproduce

Video to download:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5NzAksjfDI

Extract the video id:

$video_id = $yt->extractVideoId(implode($url));

Get the downloadable url

$links = $yt->getDownloadLinks($video_id, $selector = 'video');

Get the array key for the specified video quality etc.

$arrayindex = array_search('mp4, video, 1080p, audio', array_column($links, 'format'));

Set $url to array

$url = $links[$arrayindex];

Disable SSL

$arrContextOptions=array( "ssl"=>array( "verify_peer"=>false, "verify_peer_name"=>false, ), );

Get the file from the url

$video = file_get_contents($url['url'], false, stream_context_create($arrContextOptions));

Send the video back to front end

return view('convert', [ 'url' => $url['url'], 'quality' => $url['format'], ]);

Expected behavior:
The video gets downloaded
Actual behavior:

I get this error:

file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14095126:SSL routines:ssl3_read_n:unexpected eof while reading

The code stops.

Version
The latest version of:
https://github.com/Athlon1600/youtube-downloader/blob/master/src/YouTubeDownloader.php

Additional Information
This code is in the laravel framework, the code here is in the UrlController. This is a local development server, this error also shows up when the firewall is disabled. All the functions used in my code are in the YouTubeDownloader.php file

Answer

I ran into this issue as well and was able to follow up a little deeper into @Huzaifa99’s recommendations.

In my case, I was running a Laravel app with PHP 7.4.5 on Windows. There is apparently an issue with OpenSSL v1.1.1e, possibly just with Windows. Installing the latest build of PHP 7.4.6+ fixed my issues. Specifically, the replacing the file libssl-1_1-x64.dll.