PHP WDSL Error on new server

I'm loading existing PHP code onto a new server and getting a fatal error with a soap wsdl:  

$this->client = new SoapClient(
      "https://servername.jws?WSDL",
      array("classmap" => $this->classmap,
      "location" => "https://servername.jws",
      "trace" => true,
      "exceptions" => true
      )
);

PHP Fatal error:  SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'https://servername.jws?WSDL' failed to load external entity 'https://servername.jws?WSDL'

If I test the wsdl in a test page:
$wsdl = "https://servername.jws?WSDL";
echo file_get_contents($wsdl);

I get an ssl error:
Warning: file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed

A co-worker suggested this:
$arrContextOptions=array
(
    "ssl"=>array
                (
        "verify_peer"=>false,
        "verify_peer_name"=>false,
    ),
);

This works for the test scenario, but I have no idea how to incorporate it into the soap client???
Or is there another avenue to resolve the issue???
Any help would be appreciated!
kevbob650Asked:
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Julian HansenCommented:
You can pass a stream_context to the SoapClient Constructor like this
// Create the context as you did in your test
$context = stream_context_create(
  array(
    'ssl' => array(
        'verify_peer' => false,
        'verify_peer_name' => false,
        'allow_self_signed' => true
    )
));
// PASS IT TO THE SoapClient CONSTRUCTOR LIKE THIS
$this->client = new SoapClient(
      "https://servername.jws?WSDL",
      array("classmap" => $this->classmap,
      "location" => "https://servername.jws",
      "trace" => true,
      "exceptions" => true,
      "stream_context" => $context
      )
);

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kevbob650Author Commented:
Thanks so much!  That was it, and I learned something new!
Julian HansenCommented:
You are most welcome.
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