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Iterate over Certificates on Connected Smart Cards and USB Tokens

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the certificates on connected smart cards and USB tokens.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Cert;
use Chilkat2\CertStore;

$certStore = new CertStore();

// Detects connected smart cards and USB tokens
// and loads the certificate store object with the certificates found.
// Works on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Linux.
// Note: If something is not detected, contact info@chilkatsoft.com
// for help or for workarounds.
$argNotUsed = '';
try {
    $certStore->OpenSmartcard($argNotUsed);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

$cert = new Cert();

$numCerts = $certStore->NumCertificates;
$i = 0;

while ($i < $numCerts) {
    // Load the cert object with the Nth certificate found in the connected HSMs
    $certStore->GetCert($i, $cert);
    echo $i, ': ', $cert->SubjectCN, "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}