(PHP ActiveX) Import a Certificate (.cer file) into a Windows Certificate Store

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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

$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");

$success = $cert->LoadFromFile('qa_data/certs/example.cer');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$certStoreCU = new COM("Chilkat.CertStore");
$readOnlyFlag = 0;

// "CurrentUser" and "My" are the exact keywords to select your user account's certificate store.
$success = $certStoreCU->OpenWindowsStore('CurrentUser','My',$readOnlyFlag);
if ($success == 0) {
    print 'Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
$success = $certStoreCU->AddCertificate($cert);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $certStoreCU->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Imported ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>