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Load a Private Key from a JWK

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadJwk method, which loads a private key from JWK (JSON Web Key) JSON. The only argument is the JWK JSON string. Supported key types are RSA, EC, and Ed25519 (kty=OKP).

Background: JWK is the JSON key format used throughout modern web security — JWT signing, OAuth, OpenID Connect — so this loader is what you use to consume a key from a JWK Set or an identity provider. A private JWK includes the private parameters (d and, for RSA, the CRT values); a public-only JWK omits them. As JSON in the clear, a private JWK must be handled as sensitive material.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\PrivateKey;

// Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadJwk method, which loads a private key from JWK (JSON Web Key)
// JSON.  The only argument is the JWK JSON string.  Supported key types are RSA, EC, and
// Ed25519 (kty=OKP).

$privKey = new PrivateKey();

// A private JWK.  For a real key, "d" (and the other private parameters) would be present.
$jwk = '{"kty":"EC","crv":"P-256","x":"...","y":"...","d":"..."}';

try {
    $privKey->LoadJwk($jwk);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

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