(PHP Extension) ScMinidriver - Import a Certificate and Private Key to a Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to import a certificate and its private key to a key container on a smart card or USB token.

Note: This functionality was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

Note: The ScMinidriver functionality is for Windows-only because ScMinidriver DLLs only exist on Windows.

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<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

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

$scmd = new CkScMinidriver();

// Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
// via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
$readerName = 'SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0';
$success = $scmd->AcquireContext($readerName);
if ($success == false) {
    print $scmd->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
print 'Card name: ' . $scmd->cardName() . "\n";

// To import a cert + private key, we'll need to be PIN authenticated.
// For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
$pinId = 'user';
$retval = $scmd->PinAuthenticate($pinId,'000000');
if ($retval != 0) {
    print 'PIN Authentication failed.' . "\n";
    $scmd->DeleteContext();
    exit;
}

$cert = new CkCert();

// Load the cert + private key from a .p12/.pfx
// We got this .p12 from https://badssl.com/download/
$password = 'badssl.com';
$success = $cert->LoadPfxFile('qa_data/pfx/badssl.com-client.p12',$password);
if ($success == false) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    $scmd->DeleteContext();
    exit;
}

// Let's import this certificate as the "signature" key/cert in key container #6.
$containerIndex = 6;
$keySpec = 'sig';
$success = $scmd->ImportCert($cert,$containerIndex,$keySpec,$pinId);
if ($success == false) {
    print $scmd->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Successfully imported the cert + private key onto the smart card.' . "\n";
}

// When finished with operations that required authentication, you may if you wish, deauthenticate the session.
$success = $scmd->PinDeauthenticate('user');
if ($success == false) {
    print $scmd->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}

// Delete the context when finished with the card.
$success = $scmd->DeleteContext();
if ($success == false) {
    print $scmd->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}


?>