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Create Egypt ITIDA CAdES-BES .p7s Signature (File to File)

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Demonstrates how to create a .p7s signature that fits Egypt's ITIDA requirements.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$crypt = new COM("Chilkat.Crypt2");

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

// There are many ways to load the certificate.  
// This example was created for a customer using an ePass2003 USB token.
// Assuming the USB token is the only source of a hardware-based private key..
$success = $cert->LoadFromSmartcard('');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Tell the crypt component to use this cert.
$success = $crypt->SetSigningCert($cert);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $crypt->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$cmsOptions = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$cmsOptions->UpdateBool('DigestData',1);
$cmsOptions->UpdateBool('OmitAlgorithmIdNull',1);
$crypt->CmsOptions = $cmsOptions->emit();

// The CadesEnabled property applies to all methods that create CMS/PKCS7 signatures. 
// To create a CAdES-BES signature, set this property equal to true. 
$crypt->CadesEnabled = 1;

$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'sha256';

$jsonSigningAttrs = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonSigningAttrs->UpdateInt('contentType',1);
$jsonSigningAttrs->UpdateInt('signingTime',1);
$jsonSigningAttrs->UpdateInt('messageDigest',1);
$jsonSigningAttrs->UpdateInt('signingCertificateV2',1);
$crypt->SigningAttributes = $jsonSigningAttrs->emit();

// By default, all the certs in the chain of authentication are included in the signature.
// If desired, we can choose to only include the signing certificate:
$crypt->IncludeCertChain = 0;

// Make sure we sign the utf-8 byte representation of the JSON string
$crypt->Charset = 'utf-8';

// Create the CAdES-BES signature, which does not contain the data being signed.
$pathOfFileToSign = 'someDir/someFile';
$outputPath = 'outDir/someFile.p7s';
$success = $crypt->CreateP7S($pathOfFileToSign,$outputPath);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $crypt->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success!' . "\n";

?>