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ITIDA Canonicalize JSON and Compute SHA256 Hash

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Demonstrates creating the canonical (ITIDA) version of a JSON document, and then computes the SHA256 hash of the canonicalized JSON.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

// Load the JSON containing the document to be signed.

// The JSON file should look like this:
// NOTE: The JSON should NOT begin with "{ "documents" : [ ..."

//       {
//          "issuer":{
//             "address":{
//                "branchID":"0",
//                "country":"EG",
//                "regionCity":"Cairo",
//                "postalCode":"",
//                "buildingNumber":"0",
//                "street":"123rd Street",
//                "governate":"GOVERNATE"
//             },
//             "type":"B",
//             "id":"209999899",
//             "name":"Xyz SAE"
//          },
// ...
// ...

$sb = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $sb->LoadFile('my_invoice.json','utf-8');
if ($success == 0) {
    print 'Failed to load input file.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Convert the contents of sb to the ITIDA canonical form.
// Always pass utf-8 for the 2nd arg.
$sb->Encode('itida','utf-8');

// Examine the canonicalized JSON
print $sb->getAsString() . "\n";

// Compute the SHA256 hash and show the SHA256 in hex format
print 'SHA256 hash: ' . $sb->getHash('sha256','hex','utf-8') . "\n";

?>