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PKCS11 Discover Readers and Smart Cards / Tokens

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Example showing how to discover the readers (slots) and smart cards and tokens available through a vendor's PKCS11 Cryptoki module.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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$success = 0;

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

// Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

$pkcs11 = new COM("Chilkat.Pkcs11");

// Specify the vendor's Cryptoki module DLL / shared lib.
$pkcs11->SharedLibPath = 'aetpkss1.dll';

$success = $pkcs11->Initialize();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Call Discover to discover what's available.
// Indicate that we only want to return slots (readers) where tokens (smart cards) are present.
// (If the device is a USB token, such as an ePass300Auto, then by definition it has a "token" present.)
$onlyTokensPresent = 1;
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $pkcs11->Discover($onlyTokensPresent,$json);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// Sample JSON output.
// Code for parsing this JSON is shown below..

// {
//   "cryptokiVersion": {
//     "major": 2,
//     "minor": 20
//   },
//   "manufacturerID": "A.E.T. Europe B.V.",
//   "libraryDescription": "Cryptographic Token Interface",
//   "libraryVersion": {
//     "major": 3,
//     "minor": 0
//   },
//   "slot": [
//     {
//       "id": 52482,
//       "slotDescription": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0",
//       "manufacturerID": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB",
//       "tokenPresent": true,
//       "removableDevice": true,
//       "hardwareSlot": true,
//       "hardwareVersion": {
//         "major": 0,
//         "minor": 0
//       },
//       "firmwareVersion": {
//         "major": 0,
//         "minor": 0
//       },
//       "token": {
//         "label": "chilkat",
//         "manufacturerID": "A.E.T. Europe B.V.",
//         "model": "19C40406010D00C0",
//         "serialNumber": "21619600583C4505",
//         "flags": [
//           "CKF_RNG",
//           "CKF_LOGIN_REQUIRED",
//           "CKF_USER_PIN_INITIALIZED",
//           "CKF_TOKEN_INITIALIZED"
//         ],
//         "maxSessionCount": 126,
//         "sessionCount": 0,
//         "maxRwSessionCount": 126,
//         "rwSessionCount": 0,
//         "maxPinLen": 15,
//         "minPinLen": 4,
//         "totalPublicMemory": 32767,
//         "freePublicMemory": 32767,
//         "totalPrivateMemory": 32767,
//         "freePrivateMemory": 32767,
//         "hardwareVersion": {
//           "major": 0,
//           "minor": 0
//         },
//         "firmwareVersion": {
//           "major": 0,
//           "minor": 0
//         },
//         "utcTime": "",
//         "rsa": {
//           "minKeySize": 768,
//           "maxKeySize": 2048
//         },
//         "mechanism": [
//           "CKM_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_RSA_X_509",
//           "CKM_RSA_PKCS_OAEP",
//           "CKM_MD5_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_SHA1_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_SHA224_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_SHA384_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_SHA512_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_RIPEMD160_RSA_PKCS",
//           "CKM_CPK_ECDSA",
//           "CKM_CPK_ECDSA_SHA1",
//           "CKM_CPK_ECIES",
//           "CKM_CPK_ECIES_STDDH_SHA1KDF_DES3CBC_PAD_SHA1HMAC",
//           "CKM_CPK_ECIES_STDDH_SHA1KDF_AES128CBC_PAD_SHA1HMAC",
//           "CKM_CPK_PKCS7_SIGNED",
//           "CKM_CPK_PKCS7_ENVELOPE_DES3CBC_PAD",
//           "CKM_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
//           "CKM_RSA_PKCS_KEY_PAIR_GEN",
//           "CKM_RC2_KEY_GEN",
//           "CKM_RC2_ECB",
//           "CKM_RC2_CBC",
//           "CKM_RC2_CBC_PAD",
//           "CKM_RC4_KEY_GEN",
//           "CKM_RC4",
//           "CKM_DES_KEY_GEN",
//           "CKM_DES2_KEY_GEN",
//           "CKM_DES3_KEY_GEN",
//           "CKM_DES_ECB",
//           "CKM_DES_CBC",
//           "CKM_DES3_ECB",
//           "CKM_DES3_CBC",
//           "CKM_DES_CBC_PAD",
//           "CKM_DES3_CBC_PAD",
//           "CKM_MD5",
//           "CKM_SHA_1",
//           "CKM_SHA224",
//           "CKM_SHA256",
//           "CKM_SHA384",
//           "CKM_SHA512",
//           "CKM_RIPEMD160"
//         ]
//       }
//     }
//   ]
// }

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$cryptokiVersionMajor = $json->IntOf('cryptokiVersion.major');
$cryptokiVersionMinor = $json->IntOf('cryptokiVersion.minor');
$manufacturerID = $json->stringOf('manufacturerID');
$libraryDescription = $json->stringOf('libraryDescription');
$libraryVersionMajor = $json->IntOf('libraryVersion.major');
$libraryVersionMinor = $json->IntOf('libraryVersion.minor');
$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray('slot');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->I = $i;
    $id = $json->IntOf('slot[i].id');
    $slotDescription = $json->stringOf('slot[i].slotDescription');
    $manufacturerID = $json->stringOf('slot[i].manufacturerID');
    $tokenPresent = $json->BoolOf('slot[i].tokenPresent');
    $removableDevice = $json->BoolOf('slot[i].removableDevice');
    $hardwareSlot = $json->BoolOf('slot[i].hardwareSlot');
    $hardwareVersionMajor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].hardwareVersion.major');
    $hardwareVersionMinor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].hardwareVersion.minor');
    $firmwareVersionMajor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].firmwareVersion.major');
    $firmwareVersionMinor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].firmwareVersion.minor');
    $tokenLabel = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.label');
    $tokenManufacturerID = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.manufacturerID');
    $tokenModel = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.model');
    $tokenSerialNumber = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.serialNumber');
    $tokenMaxSessionCount = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.maxSessionCount');
    $tokenSessionCount = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.sessionCount');
    $tokenMaxRwSessionCount = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.maxRwSessionCount');
    $tokenRwSessionCount = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.rwSessionCount');
    $tokenMaxPinLen = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.maxPinLen');
    $tokenMinPinLen = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.minPinLen');
    $tokenTotalPublicMemory = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.totalPublicMemory');
    $tokenFreePublicMemory = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.freePublicMemory');
    $tokenTotalPrivateMemory = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.totalPrivateMemory');
    $tokenFreePrivateMemory = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.freePrivateMemory');
    $tokenHardwareVersionMajor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.hardwareVersion.major');
    $tokenHardwareVersionMinor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.hardwareVersion.minor');
    $tokenFirmwareVersionMajor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.firmwareVersion.major');
    $tokenFirmwareVersionMinor = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.firmwareVersion.minor');
    $tokenUtcTime = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.utcTime');
    $tokenRsaMinKeySize = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.rsa.minKeySize');
    $tokenRsaMaxKeySize = $json->IntOf('slot[i].token.rsa.maxKeySize');
    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray('slot[i].token.flags');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->J = $j;
        $strVal = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.flags[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray('slot[i].token.mechanism');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->J = $j;
        $strVal = $json->stringOf('slot[i].token.mechanism[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>