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Get the Server Certificate, Certificate Chain, and Root CA Certificate

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Demonstrates how to get the HTTP server certificate, its certificate chain, and the root CA certificate.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new CkHttp();

// We're getting the SSL/TLS certificate, so make sure to connect to the SSL/TLS port (443).
$sslCert = new CkCert();
$success = $http->GetServerCert('apple.com',443,$sslCert);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$certChain = new CkCertChain();
$success = $sslCert->BuildCertChain($certChain);
if ($success == false) {
    print $sslCert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$cert = new CkCert();
$i = 0;
$numCerts = $certChain->get_NumCerts();
while ($i < $numCerts) {
    $certChain->CertAt($i,$cert);
    print 'SubjectDN ' . $i . ': ' . $cert->subjectDN() . "\n";
    print 'IssuerDN ' . $i . ': ' . $cert->issuerDN() . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// If the certificate chain reaches the root CA cert, then the last cert in the chain
// is the root CA cert.
if ($certChain->get_ReachesRoot() == true) {
    $caCert = new CkCert();
    $certChain->CertAt($numCerts - 1,$caCert);
    print 'CA Root Cert: ' . $caCert->subjectDN() . "\n";
}


?>