PHP ActiveX

Transition from Crypt2.GetSignerCertChain to Crypt2.LastSignerCert

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated GetSignerCertChain method calls with LastSignerCert. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

$crypt2 = new COM("Chilkat.Crypt2");

// ...
// ...
$index = 0;

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The GetSignerCertChain method is deprecated:

// certchainObj is a Chilkat.CertChain
$certchainObj = $crypt2->GetSignerCertChain($index);
if ($crypt2->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $crypt2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ...
// ...

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Do the equivalent using LastSignerCert, and then get the certificate chain from the cert.
// Your application creates a new, empty Cert object which is passed 
// in the last argument and filled upon success.

$signerCert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
$success = $crypt2->LastSignerCert($index,$signerCert);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $crypt2->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$certChain = new COM("Chilkat.CertChain");
$success = $signerCert->BuildCertChain($certChain);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $signerCert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>