(PHP Extension) RSA Sign with PKCS8 Encrypted Key

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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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.

$pkey = new CkPrivateKey();

// Load the private key from an RSA PEM file:
$success = $pkey->LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile('privateKey.key','myPassword');

$rsa = new CkRsa();

// Import the private key into the RSA object:
$success = $rsa->UsePrivateKey($pkey);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Return the signature in hex
$rsa->put_EncodingMode('hex');

$strData = 'This is the string to be signed.';

// Sign the string using the sha-1 hash algorithm.
// Other valid choices are "md2", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512",  and "md5".
$hexSig = $rsa->signStringENC($strData,'sha-1');

print $hexSig . "\n";

?>