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Get the SMTP or POP3 Server's TLS Certificate

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.GetServerCert method, which gets the digital certificate presented by the SMTP or POP3 server for the current SSL/TLS connection and stores it in a Cert object. Pass true for the SMTP server's certificate or false for the POP3 server's. This example connects to the SMTP server and prints the certificate's subject and issuer.

Background: During a TLS handshake the server presents a certificate proving its identity, and the client validates it against trusted authorities. Retrieving that certificate lets you inspect it yourself — checking the subject, issuer, or expiration for auditing, logging, or certificate-pinning style checks. It must be called while a TLS connection is established, since the certificate belongs to that specific session.

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<?php

$success = 0;

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.GetServerCert method, which gets the digital certificate
//  presented by the SMTP or POP3 server for the current SSL/TLS connection.  Pass 1 for
//  the SMTP server's certificate, or 0 for the POP3 server's certificate.

$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

//  Configure the SMTP server connection.
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.example.com';
$mailman->SmtpPort = 465;
$mailman->SmtpSsl = 1;
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'user@example.com';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'myPassword';

//  Establish the TLS connection.
$success = $mailman->SmtpConnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Get the certificate the SMTP server presented (useSmtp = cktrue).
$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
$success = $mailman->GetServerCert(1,$cert);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Server certificate subject (CN): ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
print 'Issued by: ' . $cert->IssuerCN . "\n";

$success = $mailman->CloseSmtpConnection();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>