(PHP ActiveX) Find Certificate by Subject CN (Common Name)

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified subject CN.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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<?php

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.CertStore')
$certStore = new COM("Chilkat.CertStore");

// This opens the Current User certificate store on Windows,
// On MacOS and iOS it opens the default Keychain.
$readOnly = 0;
$success = $certStore->OpenCurrentUserStore($readOnly);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $certStore->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Find the certificate having a Subject CN = "Example ABC".
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('CN','Example ABC');

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Cert')
$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
$success = $certStore->FindCert($json,$cert);
if ($success == 1) {
    // Show the full distinguished name of the certificate.
    print 'Found: ' . $cert->SubjectDN . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Not found.' . "\n";
}


?>