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Load Certificate from PFX (PKCS#12)

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Loads a digital certificate (and private key, if available) from a PFX file.(also known as PKCS#12)

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$cert = new CkCert();

// Load from the PFX file
$pfxFilename = '/Users/chilkat/testData/pfx/chilkat_ssl_pwd_is_test.pfx';
$pfxPassword = 'test';

// A PFX typically contains certificates in the chain of authentication.
// The Chilkat cert object will choose the certificate w/
// private key farthest from the root authority cert.
// To access all the certificates in a PFX, use the 
// Chilkat certificate store object instead.
$success = $cert->LoadPfxFile($pfxFilename,$pfxPassword);
if ($success == false) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get some information about the digital certificate, 
// then get the private key...

// 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";

$privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
$success = $cert->GetPrivateKey($privKey);
if ($success == false) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The private key object may be used in any Chilkat methods
// (in other objects/classes) that expect a private key argument.

// In this case, save the private key to a PKCS8 Encrypted PEM format file:
$pemPassword = 'secret';
$pemPath = '/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/chilkat_privKey.pem';
$success = $privKey->SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile($pemPassword,$pemPath);
if ($success == false) {
    print $privKey->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Private key saved to PKCS8 Encrypted PEM...' . "\n";

?>