PHP ActiveX

Find and Load Certificate by Thumbprint

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Demonstrates how to find and load a certificate by SHA1 thumbprint. This is a Microsoft Windows-only example. It assumes the certificate is already installed on the Windows system.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");

// The thumbprint can be passed in any encoding, such as hex, base64, etc.
// The 2nd argument indicates the encoding of the 1st argument.
$success = $cert->LoadByThumbprint('ea5a129c1919a52d238ee28d9f3a8f345b768388','hex');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Found: ' . $cert->SubjectDN . "\n";

?>