(PHP ActiveX) ScMinidriver - Load Certificate from Smart Card or USB Token by Index

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Demonstrates how to load a certificate located on a smart card or USB token by key container index.

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<?php

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.ScMinidriver')
$scmd = new COM("Chilkat.ScMinidriver");

// Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
// via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
$readerName = 'SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0';
$success = $scmd->AcquireContext($readerName);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $scmd->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
print 'Card name: ' . $scmd->CardName . "\n";

// If desired, perform regular PIN authentication with the smartcard.
// For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
$retval = $scmd->PinAuthenticate('user','000000');
if ($retval != 0) {
    print 'PIN Authentication failed.' . "\n";
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Cert')
$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
// We can pass a specific key container index, or -1 to locate the 1st non-empty container containing a certificate and private key.
$keyContainerIndex = -1;
// keySpec can be "kex" or "sig" to indicate the key-exchange or signature position within the container.
// keySpec can also be "any" to accept either position, with preference given to the "sig" position if both are occupied.
$keySpec = 'any';
$success = $scmd->GetCert($keyContainerIndex,$keySpec,$cert);
if ($success == 0) {
    print 'Failed to load the certificate.' . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Successfully loaded the cert object from the smart card / USB token.' . "\n";

    // Note: When successful, the cert object is internally linked to the ScMinidriver object's authenticated session.
    // The cert object can now be used to sign or do other cryptographic operations that occur on the smart card / USB token.
    // If your application calls PinDeauthenticate or DeleteContext, the cert will no longer be able to sign on the smart card
    // because the smart card ScMinidriver session will no longer be authenticated or deleted.
}

// ...
// ...
// ...

// When finished with operations that required authentication, you may if you wish, deauthenticate the session.
$success = $scmd->PinDeauthenticate('user');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $scmd->LastErrorText . "\n";
}

// Delete the context when finished with the card.
$success = $scmd->DeleteContext();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $scmd->LastErrorText . "\n";
}


?>