PHP Extension

Find Certificate by Serial Number

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified hexadecimal serial number.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$certStore = new CkCertStore();

// This example will search the certs on connected USB tokens and smartcards.
$argNotUsed = '';
$success = $certStore->OpenSmartcard($argNotUsed);
if ($success == false) {
    print $certStore->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Find the certificate having a serial number = "48FC93B46055948D36A7C98A89D69416".
$hexSerial = '48FC93B46055948D36A7C98A89D69416';
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->UpdateString('serial',$hexSerial);

$cert = new CkCert();
$success = $certStore->FindCert($json,$cert);
if ($success == true) {
    // Show the serial number and subject CN
    print 'Found: ' . $cert->serialNumber() . ', ' . $cert->subjectCN() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Not found.' . "\n";
}


?>