Need help ignoring server certificate while binding to LDAP server using PHP

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I'm trying to bind to an LDAP server using PHP. It's a fairly straightforward process, except that I can't get around a certificate error that I'm getting. My auth credentials are fine, since I can connect to the server with Apache Directory Studio. Is there any way to just automatically accept the server cert? Similar to how you click "Accept this cert.." with Apache directory studio? I know it's not good security, but I just need to make it work at this point and can square away the cert issue later.Thanks