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XML Signature Multiple External References

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Demonstrates how to add multiple external references to an XML digital signature.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\BinData;
use Chilkat2\Cert;
use Chilkat2\Http;
use Chilkat2\StringBuilder;
use Chilkat2\Xml;
use Chilkat2\XmlDSig;
use Chilkat2\XmlDSigGen;

$success = false;

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

// This example creates the following signed XML with multiple external references:

/*
 * <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 * <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4">
 *     <ds:SignedInfo>
 *         <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
 *         <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/>
 *         <ds:Reference Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref0" URI="https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Patient/123/_history/456">
 *             <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *             <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *         </ds:Reference>
 *         <ds:Reference Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref1" URI="https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Encounter/124/_history/22">
 *             <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *             <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *         </ds:Reference>
 *         <ds:Reference Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref2" URI="https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Condition/125/_history/1">
 *             <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *             <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *         </ds:Reference>
 *         <ds:Reference Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref3" URI="https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Procedure/126/_history/1">
 *             <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *             <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *         </ds:Reference>
 *         <ds:Reference Type="http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties" URI="#xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-signedprops">
 *             <ds:Transforms>
 *                 <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
 *             </ds:Transforms>
 *             <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *             <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *         </ds:Reference>
 *     </ds:SignedInfo>
 *     <ds:SignatureValue Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-sigvalue">...</ds:SignatureValue>
 *     <ds:KeyInfo>
 *         <ds:X509Data>
 *             <ds:X509Certificate>...</ds:X509Certificate>
 *             <ds:X509SubjectName>...</ds:X509SubjectName>
 *             <ds:X509IssuerSerial>
 *                 <ds:X509IssuerName>...</ds:X509IssuerName>
 *                 <ds:X509SerialNumber>...</ds:X509SerialNumber>
 *             </ds:X509IssuerSerial>
 *         </ds:X509Data>
 *     </ds:KeyInfo>
 *     <ds:Object>
 *         <xades:QualifyingProperties xmlns:xades="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#" xmlns:xades141="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#" Target="#xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4">
 *             <xades:SignedProperties Id="xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-signedprops">
 *                 <xades:SignedSignatureProperties>
 *                     <xades:SigningTime>2021-06-02T07:10:13.306+02:00</xades:SigningTime>
 *                     <xades:SigningCertificate>
 *                         <xades:Cert>
 *                             <xades:CertDigest>
 *                                 <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *                                 <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *                             </xades:CertDigest>
 *                             <xades:IssuerSerial>
 *                                 <ds:X509IssuerName>...</ds:X509IssuerName>
 *                                 <ds:X509SerialNumber>...</ds:X509SerialNumber>
 *                             </xades:IssuerSerial>
 *                         </xades:Cert>
 *                         <xades:Cert>
 *                             <xades:CertDigest>
 *                                 <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *                                 <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *                             </xades:CertDigest>
 *                             <xades:IssuerSerial>
 *                                 <ds:X509IssuerName>...</ds:X509IssuerName>
 *                                 <ds:X509SerialNumber>...</ds:X509SerialNumber>
 *                             </xades:IssuerSerial>
 *                         </xades:Cert>
 *                         <xades:Cert>
 *                             <xades:CertDigest>
 *                                 <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
 *                                 <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
 *                             </xades:CertDigest>
 *                             <xades:IssuerSerial>
 *                                 <ds:X509IssuerName>...</ds:X509IssuerName>
 *                                 <ds:X509SerialNumber>...</ds:X509SerialNumber>
 *                             </xades:IssuerSerial>
 *                         </xades:Cert>
 *                     </xades:SigningCertificate>
 *                 </xades:SignedSignatureProperties>
 *             </xades:SignedProperties>
 *         </xades:QualifyingProperties>
 *     </ds:Object>
 * </ds:Signature>
 *
 */

$success = true;
$gen = new XmlDSigGen();

$gen->SigLocation = '';
$gen->SigLocationMod = 0;
// Note: ID's simply need to be unique values in the signed XML document.  They don't necessarily need to be GUID/UUID formatted.
$gen->SigId = 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4';
$gen->SigNamespacePrefix = 'ds';
$gen->SigNamespaceUri = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#';
$gen->SigValueId = 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-sigvalue';
$gen->SignedInfoCanonAlg = 'C14N';
$gen->SignedInfoDigestMethod = 'sha256';

// Create an Object to be added to the Signature.
$object1 = new Xml();
$object1->Tag = 'xades:QualifyingProperties';
$object1->AddAttribute('xmlns:xades', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.3.2#');
$object1->AddAttribute('xmlns:xades141', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.4.1#');
$object1->AddAttribute('Target', '#xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4');
$object1->UpdateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties', true, 'Id', 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-signedprops');
$object1->UpdateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningTime', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT');
// This assumes there are 3 certs in the certificate chain:  The signing certificate, an intermediate root, and the root CA.
// Remove the lines with "Cert[2]" if there is no intermediate root...
$object1->UpdateAttrAt('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestMethod', true, 'Algorithm', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256');
$object1->UpdateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:CertDigest|ds:DigestValue', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT');
$object1->UpdateChildContent('xades:SignedProperties|xades:SignedSignatureProperties|xades:SigningCertificateV2|xades:Cert|xades:IssuerSerialV2', 'TO BE GENERATED BY CHILKAT');

$gen->AddObject('', $object1->GetXml(), '', '');

$http = new Http();
$bd = new BinData();

$url = 'https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Patient/123/_history/456';
try {
    $http->QuickGetBd($url, $bd);

    // -------- Reference 1 --------
    $gen->AddExternalBinaryRef($url, $bd, 'sha256', '');
    $gen->SetRefIdAttr($url, 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref0');

    // -------- Reference 2 --------
    $bd->Clear();
    $url = 'https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Encounter/789/_history/1';
    $http->QuickGetBd($url, $bd);

    $gen->AddExternalBinaryRef($url, $bd, 'sha256', '');
    $gen->SetRefIdAttr($url, 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref1');

    // -------- Reference 3 --------
    $bd->Clear();
    $url = 'https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Condition/123456/_history/1';
    $http->QuickGetBd($url, $bd);

    $gen->AddExternalBinaryRef($url, $bd, 'sha256', '');
    $gen->SetRefIdAttr($url, 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref2');

    // -------- Reference 4 --------
    $bd->Clear();
    $url = 'https://isus.ezdrowie.gov.pl/fhir/Procedure/123456/_history/1';
    $http->QuickGetBd($url, $bd);

    $gen->AddExternalBinaryRef($url, $bd, 'sha256', '');
    $gen->SetRefIdAttr($url, 'xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-ref3');

    // -------- Reference 5 --------
    $gen->AddObjectRef('xmldsig-2dde88a8-def0-43e4-8570-b031015a46b4-signedprops', 'sha256', 'C14N', '', 'http://uri.etsi.org/01903#SignedProperties');

    // Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
    $cert = new Cert();
    $cert->LoadPfxFile('qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx', 'test123');

    $gen->SetX509Cert($cert, true);

    $gen->KeyInfoType = 'X509Data';
    $gen->X509Type = 'IssuerSerial,SubjectName,Certificate';

    // This will be an enveloping signature where the Signature element
    // is the XML document root, the signed data is contained within Object
    // tag(s) within the Signature.
    // Therefore, pass an empty sbXml to CreateXmlDsigSb.
    $sbXml = new StringBuilder();

    $gen->Behaviors = 'IndentedSignature';

    // Sign the XML...
    $gen->CreateXmlDSigSb($sbXml);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// -----------------------------------------------

// Save the signed XML to a file.
$sbXml->WriteFile('qa_output/signedXml.xml', 'utf-8', false);

echo $sbXml->GetAsString(), "\n";

// ----------------------------------------
// Verify the signature we just produced...
$verifier = new XmlDSig();
try {
    $verifier->LoadSignatureSb($sbXml);

    $verifier->VerifySignature(true);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "This signature was successfully verified.\n";