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Load DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt) and fetches information about the cert.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$cert = new CkCert();

// LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
// It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat_ssl.cer');
if ($success != true) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// DN = "Distinguished Name"
print 'SubjectDN:' . $cert->subjectDN() . "\n";

print 'Common Name:' . $cert->subjectCN() . "\n";
print 'Issuer Common Name:' . $cert->issuerCN() . "\n";

print 'Serial Number:' . $cert->serialNumber() . "\n";

?>