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PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSA Encrypt Randomly Generated AES Key

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Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt a randomly generated AES key.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

//  First generate a 256-bit AES key (32 bytes).
$prng = new COM("Chilkat.Prng");
$bdAesKey = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $prng->GenRandomBd(32,$bdAesKey);

//  Use a public key from a certificate for RSA encryption.
$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");

$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('qa_data/pem/mf_public_rsa.pem');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$pubKey = new COM("Chilkat.PublicKey");
$cert->GetPublicKey($pubKey);

$rsa = new COM("Chilkat.Rsa");
$success = $rsa->UsePublicKey($pubKey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  RSA encrypt our 32-byte AES key.
//  The contents of bdAesKey are replaced with result of the RSA encryption.
$success = $rsa->EncryptBd($bdAesKey,0);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Return the result as a base64 string
$encryptedAesKey = $bdAesKey->getEncoded('base64');

print 'encrypted AES key = ' . $encryptedAesKey . "\n";

?>