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PKCS11 Find Certificate with Key Usage on Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to find and return the 1st certificate on a smart card or USB token with a desired intended key usage.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.91 or later.

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<?php

$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");

$pkcs11->SharedLibPath = 'aetpkss1.dll';

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

// Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
$slotID = -1;

// Open a session.
$readWrite = 1;
$success = $pkcs11->OpenSession($slotID,$readWrite);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
// 
// If we don't authenticate, then we won't be able to see the private keys, and thus
// we won't know which certificates have an associated private key stored on the smart card.

// The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
// userType 1 indicates a "Normal User".
$userType = 1;
$pin = '0000';
$success = $pkcs11->Login($userType,$pin);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");

// Find a certificate with an intended key usage.
// Possible key usages to find are:
// 
// DigitalSignature
// NonRepudiation
// KeyEncipherment
// DataEncipherment
// CertificateSigning
// CrlSigning
// 
// To find a cert having any one of several usages, pass a comma-separated list of usages:
$success = $pkcs11->FindCert('keyUsage','NonRepudiation,DigitalSignature',$cert);
if ($success == 1) {
    print 'Cert with private key: ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'No certificates having the intended key usage were found.' . "\n";
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
$success = $pkcs11->Logout();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// When finished, close the session.
// It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
$success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>