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Export a Public Key as PEM

Demonstrates the Chilkat PublicKey.GetPem method, which returns the public key in PEM format. The only argument selects the underlying DER representation: true prefers the traditional PKCS #1 form (RSA), false uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: PEM is the most portable way to share a public key — the Base64 text block most tooling reads. The boolean picks the encoding: false produces the modern, algorithm-independent PUBLIC KEY (SubjectPublicKeyInfo), which is the usual choice; true produces the older RSA-specific RSA PUBLIC KEY for tools that require it. A public key is not sensitive, so the PEM can be distributed openly.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\PublicKey;

// Load a public key to export.  LoadFromFile inspects the content, so it accepts DER, PEM, XML,
// JWK, and other supported representations.
$pubKey = new PublicKey();
try {
    $pubKey->LoadFromFile('qa_data/public.pem');

    // Export the public key in PEM format.  The argument selects the underlying DER representation:
    // true prefers the traditional PKCS #1 form (RSA), false uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form.
    $preferPkcs1 = false;
    $pem = $pubKey->GetPem($preferPkcs1);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $pem, "\n";