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PKCS11 Login / Logout

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Sample code showing how to login and logout of a PKCS11 session. A session becomes authenticated when Login is called, and returns to the unauthenticated state when Logout is called. A smart card's PIN is passed to the Login method.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Pkcs11;

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

// Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

$pkcs11 = new Pkcs11();

// Set your shared lib path -- either a full path to the DLL, .so, or .dylib,
// or just the filename if the driver is in a location that can be automatically found. (Such as in C:\Windows\System32)
$pkcs11->SharedLibPath = 'aetpkss1.dll';

try {
    $pkcs11->Initialize();

    // Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
    $slotID = -1;

    // Open a session.
    $readWrite = true;
    $pkcs11->OpenSession($slotID, $readWrite);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
// The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
// The user type can be one of three choices:
// 0 - Security Officer
// 1 - Normal User
// 2 - Context Specific.
// You'll likely always login as the Normal User.
$userType = 1;
$pin = '0000';
try {
    $pkcs11->Login($userType, $pin);

    // Do what is needed with the authenticated session...
    // ...
    // ...

    // Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
    $pkcs11->Logout();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// When finished, close the session.
// It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
try {
    $pkcs11->CloseSession();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "PKCS11 Login and Logout successfully demonstrated.\n";