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Load a Private Key from BinData (Any Format)

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadAnyFormat method, which loads a private key by inspecting the bytes in a BinData. The first argument is the BinData and the second is the password (used if the detected key is encrypted).

Note: The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the path to your own key file.

Background: When you have key bytes in memory but do not know their exact format — downloaded, decrypted, or pulled from a database — this figures it out for you, recognizing PKCS #1/#8 DER, encrypted PKCS #8, PEM, JWK, Chilkat XML, Microsoft formats, and more. It removes the guesswork of choosing a specific loader, at the small cost of the detection step. Supply the password so it can decrypt an encrypted key without a second call.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\BinData;
use Chilkat2\PrivateKey;

// Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadAnyFormat method, which loads a private key by inspecting the
// bytes in a BinData.  The 1st argument is the BinData and the 2nd is the password (used if the
// detected key is encrypted).

$bd = new BinData();
try {
    $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/some_private_key');

    $privKey = new PrivateKey();

    // The key password is not hard-coded in a real application; obtain it from an interactive
    // prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    $password = 'myKeyPassword';

    // Chilkat auto-detects the representation: PKCS #1/#8 DER, encrypted PKCS #8, PEM, JWK,
    // Chilkat XML, Microsoft formats, and more.
    $privKey->LoadAnyFormat($bd, $password);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo 'Loaded a ', $privKey->KeyType, " private key.\n";