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Load DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt)

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Loads a digital certificate from a binary DER encoded X.509 Certificate (.cer, .crt) and fetches information about the cert.

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PHP ActiveX
<?php

$success = 0;

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

// LoadFromFile will load virtually any certificate format file.
// It will auto-recognize the format and load appropiately.
$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/cer/chilkat_ssl.cer');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// 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";

?>