Secure transport for remote database connection

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to connect my CodeIgniter app to a remote database and from the database side I have the following:

require_secure_transport = on




So I therefore would like to be advise how to tell my app to connect the remote database using secure transport.

Currently I get the following error:

Error: Unable to connect to MySQL.
Debugging errno: 3159
Debugging error: Connections using insecure transport are prohibited while --require_secure_transport=ON.

I tried to modify the config/database.php file but was not sure what to change or add.

Your help will be highly appreciated