(PHP ActiveX) Load a PuTTY Public Key

Demonstrates how to load a PuTTY public key.

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<?php

// Load a PuTTY public key.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.SshKey')
$puttyKey = new COM("Chilkat.SshKey");
$pubKeyText = $puttyKey->loadText('qa_data/ppk/putty_public.pem');

// The pubKeyText contains this content:

// 	---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
// 	Comment: "rsa-key-20170126"
// 	AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW
// 	6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8l
// 	fa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4
// 	zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8Vg
// 	bNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hc
// 	bOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==
// 	---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

$success = $puttyKey->FromRfc4716PublicKey($pubKeyText);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $puttyKey->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If desired, convert to other public key formats:
$openSshPubKeyStr = $puttyKey->toOpenSshPublicKey();
print $openSshPubKeyStr . "\n";

// openSshPubKeyStr contains:
// ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAx+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8lfa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8VgbNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hcbOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w== rsa-key-20170126

// Convert to an XML format:
$xmlPubKeyStr = $puttyKey->toXml();
print $xmlPubKeyStr . "\n";

// xmlPubKeyStr contains:
// <RSAPublicKey>
//     <Modulus>x+52s7vvaZ8rT2UdFZWlSUVDHDQ+5ZRFvgRW6nm2sO1c9WqNg7u2PQL4jeKSDX2XWcMnpleALz2x8Rr4rMy5E1iZzvWov8VtFd8lfa9HOkgEeJB3VFuYR3NlnD3eyCoYJYPVpHJHrIeui2WZs5vQ76HDe+th8+z5Ald4zPw3p2c6ZJpBrkSBM67hWokoBDi23c7NhszDHhJBrv+B98cQxnagI1PUKqN7E8VgbNtBI8beIMHyI69up9G1AXSEi0cGIjYNx9RNUPau1mRk/SvfqxgWkAjM005lj7hcbOsjbdKK3T2NtrKTaYjEiXlEXcj1iGuApsD/m73pYaEJB3Nd7w==</Modulus>
//     <Exponent>JQ==</Exponent>
// </RSAPublicKey>
// 
// 

?>