(PHP ActiveX) Load Base64-encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer)

Loads a digital certificate from a base64 encoded DER X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt) and fetches information about the cert.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
// It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
// A base64-encoded DER X.509 certificate file
// contains the binary DER in base64 encoded form.
// Therefore, it is a text file that will begin like this:
// -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
// MIIFbjCCBFagAwIBAgIGdDPNv/L0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMIHKMQswCQYDVQQG
// EwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMHQXJpem9uYTETMBEGA1UEBxMKU2NvdHRzZGFsZTEaMBgG
// ...

$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat_base64.cer');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// DN = "Distinguished Name"
print 'SubjectDN:' . $cert->SubjectDN . "\n";

print 'Common Name:' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
print 'Issuer Common Name:' . $cert->IssuerCN . "\n";

print 'Serial Number:' . $cert->SerialNumber . "\n";

?>