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Duplicate openssl smime -decrypt -in some_file.dat.enc -binary -inform DER -inkey private.key -out some_file.dat

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Demonstrates how to decrypt binary DER that was encrypted using the following openssl command:
openssl smime -encrypt -binary -aes-256-cbc -in some_file.dat -out some_file.dat.enc -outform DER cert.crt

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PHP ActiveX
<?php

$success = 0;

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

// Duplicates the following openssl command:
// openssl smime -decrypt -in hello.txt.enc -binary -inform DER -inkey private.key -out hello.txt

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

$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/openssl/EE.key');
// Assuming success..

$privKey = new COM("Chilkat.PrivateKey");
$success = $privKey->LoadAnyFormat($bd,'');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $privKey->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$crypt = new COM("Chilkat.Crypt2");
$success = $crypt->SetDecryptCert2($cert,$privKey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $crypt->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$crypt->CryptAlgorithm = 'PKI';
$success = $crypt->CkDecryptFile('qa_data/openssl/hello.txt.enc','qa_output/hello.txt');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $crypt->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>