Perl

Serialize a PFX to an Encoded String

Demonstrates Pfx.ToEncodedString, which serializes the current PFX contents and returns the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as text using a named encoding.

Background. Common encodings are base64 and hex. This is convenient when the PKCS#12 data must be stored or transmitted as printable text.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$pfx = chilkat::CkPfx->new();

#  The file path is relative to the application's current working directory.  An absolute path
#  may also be used.  Supply the path appropriate to your own environment.
#  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
$password = "myPfxPassword";
$success = $pfx->LoadPfxFile("qa_data/identity.pfx",$password);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pfx->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Serialize the PFX contents using the given output password and return the PKCS#12 bytes encoded as
#  text.  Common encodings include base64 and hex.
$outputPassword = "myOutputPassword";
$encoded = $pfx->toEncodedString($outputPassword,"base64");
if ($pfx->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $pfx->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $encoded . "\r\n";