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Load Certificate from .cer and Private Key from .pem

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Load a certificate from a .cer and its associated private key from a .pem.

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<?php

$success = 0;

$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('C:/certs_and_keys/Certificate.cer');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$sbPem = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $sbPem->LoadFile('C:/certs_and_keys/PrivateKey.pem','utf-8');
if ($success == 0) {
    print 'Failed to load private key PEM' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $cert->SetPrivateKeyPem($sbPem->getAsString());
if ($success == 0) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'The certificate and associated private key are now loaded and ready for signing.' . "\n";

?>