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RSA Sign Using Private Key from .pfx/.p12 to Base64 Signature

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Demonstrates how to RSA sign something using a private key loaded from a .pfx/.p12. The RSA signature is returned in Base64 encoded format.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$rsa = chilkat::CkRsa->new();

# Load the .pfx/.p12
$pfx = chilkat::CkPfx->new();
$success = $pfx->LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/myKey.p12","myPassword");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pfx->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the default private key.

$privKey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();
$success = $pfx->PrivateKeyAt(0,$privKey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pfx->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Import the private key into the RSA component:
$success = $rsa->UsePrivateKey($privKey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the signature in base64
$rsa->put_EncodingMode("base64");

$strData = "This is the string to be signed.";

# Sign the string using the sha256 hash algorithm.
# Other valid choices are "sha384", "sha512", "sha-1", "md2" and "md5".
$base64Sig = $rsa->signStringENC($strData,"sha256");

print $base64Sig . "\r\n";

print "Success!" . "\r\n";