(Perl) Load Certificate from PFX (PKCS#12)

Loads a digital certificate (and private key, if available) from a PFX file.(also known as PKCS#12)

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use chilkat();

$cert = chilkat::CkCert->new();

# Load from the PFX file
$pfxFilename = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx";
$pfxPassword = "test";

# A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
# The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
# private key farthest from the root authority cert.
# To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the 
# Chilkat certificate store object instead.
$success = $cert->LoadPfxFile($pfxFilename,$pfxPassword);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get some information about the digital certificate, 
# then get the private key...

# DN = "Distinguished Name"
print "SubjectDN:" . $cert->subjectDN() . "\r\n";

print "Common Name:" . $cert->subjectCN() . "\r\n";
print "Issuer Common Name:" . $cert->issuerCN() . "\r\n";

print "Serial Number:" . $cert->serialNumber() . "\r\n";

# Now for the private key...

# privKey is a PrivateKey
$privKey = $cert->ExportPrivateKey();
if ($cert->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The private key object may be used in any Chilkat methods
# (in other objects/classes) that expect a private key argument.

# In this case, save the private key to a PKCS8 Encrypted PEM format file:
$pemPassword = "secret";
$pemPath = "/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat_privKey.pem";
$success = $privKey->SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile($pemPassword,$pemPath);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $privKey->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

print "Private key saved to PKCS8 Encrypted PEM..." . "\r\n";