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ScMinidriver - List Certificates on a Smart Card or USB Token

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Gets a list of certificates contained on a smart card or USB token.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\ScMinidriver;
use Chilkat2\StringTable;

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

$scmd = new ScMinidriver();

// Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
// via PCSC List Readers or PCSC Find Smart Cards
$readerName = 'SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0';
try {
    $scmd->AcquireContext($readerName);

    $stCerts = new StringTable();

    // We can choose one of the following items of information to get for each certificate:
    // "subjectDN" -- Return the full distinguished name of the cert.
    // "subjectDN_withTags" -- Same as above, but in a format that includes the subject part tags, such as the "CN=" in "CN=something"
    // "subjectCN" -- Return just the common name part of the certificate's subject.
    // "serial" -- Return the certificate serial number.
    // "serial:issuerCN" -- return the certificate serial number + the issuer's common name, delimited with a colon char.
    $certPart = 'subjectCN';

    $scmd->ListCerts($certPart, $stCerts);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

$numCerts = $stCerts->Count;
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numCerts) {
    echo $i, ': ', $stCerts->StringAt($i), "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Delete the context when finished with the card.
try {
    $scmd->DeleteContext();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}