(PHP ActiveX) Transition from Email.GetSignedByCertChain to Email.LastSignerCert

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated GetSignedByCertChain method calls with LastSignerCert.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Email')
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");

// ...
// ...

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The GetSignedByCertChain method is deprecated:

// certChainObj is a Chilkat.CertChain
$certChainObj = $email->GetSignedByCertChain();
if ($email->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ...
// ...

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Do the equivalent using LastSignerCert to get the signing certificate,
// then build the cert chain from the signing certificate object.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Cert')
$signerCert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
$success = $email->LastSignerCert(0,$signerCert);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $email->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the certificate chain from the signer certificate.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.CertChain')
$certChain = new COM("Chilkat.CertChain");
$success = $signerCert->BuildCertChain($certChain);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $signerCert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>