RSA Signature/Verify with .key and .cer

Demonstrates how to use a .key file (private key) and digital certificate (.cer, public key) to create and verify an RSA signature.

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<?php

$privKey = new COM("Chilkat.PrivateKey");

//  Load the private key from an RSA .key file:
$success = $privKey->LoadPemFile('privateKey.key');
if ($success != true) {
    print $privKey->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Get the private key in XML format:
$privKeyXml = $privKey->getXml();

$rsa = new COM("Chilkat.Rsa");

//  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
$success = $rsa->UnlockComponent('30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Import the private key into the RSA component:
$success = $rsa->ImportPrivateKey($privKeyXml);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Create the signature as a hex string:
$rsa->EncodingMode = 'hex';

//  If some other non-Chilkat application or web service is going to be verifying
//  the signature, it is important to match the byte-ordering.
//  The LittleEndian property may be set to 1
//  for little-endian byte ordering,
//  or 0  for big-endian byte ordering.
//  Microsoft apps typically use little-endian, while
//  OpenSSL and other services (such as Amazon CloudFront)
//  use big-endian.
$rsa->LittleEndian = false;

$strData = 'This is the string to be signed.';

//  Sign the string using the sha-1 hash algorithm.
//  Other valid choices are "md2", "sha256", "sha384",
//  "sha512", and "md5".
$hexSig = $rsa->signStringENC($strData,'sha-1');

print $hexSig . "\n";

//  Load a digital certificate from a .cer file:
$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");

$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('myCert.cer');
if ($success != true) {
    print $cert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// pubKey is a Chilkat.PublicKey
$pubKey = $cert->ExportPublicKey();

//  Now verify using a separate instance of the RSA object:
$rsa2 = new COM("Chilkat.Rsa");

//  Import the public key into the RSA object:
$success = $rsa2->ImportPublicKey($pubKey->getXml());
if ($success != true) {
    print $rsa2->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The signature is a hex string, so make sure the EncodingMode is correct:
$rsa2->EncodingMode = 'hex';

//  Verify the signature:
$success = $rsa2->VerifyStringENC($strData,'sha-1',$hexSig);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rsa2->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";
?>