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PKCS11 Find Specific Certificate on Smart Card or USB Token

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This example code shows how to find a particular certificate on a smart card or USB token.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

// Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

$pkcs11 = new COM("Chilkat.Pkcs11");

// Set your shared lib path -- either a full path to the DLL, .so, or .dylib,
// or just the filename if the driver is in a location that can be automatically found. (Such as in C:\Windows\System32)
$pkcs11->SharedLibPath = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll';

$success = $pkcs11->Initialize();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
$slotID = -1;

// Open a session.
$readWrite = 1;
$success = $pkcs11->OpenSession($slotID,$readWrite);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
// 
// If we don't authenticate, then we won't be able to see the private keys, and thus
// we won't know which certificates have an associated private key stored on the smart card.

// The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
// userType 1 indicates a "Normal User".
$userType = 1;
$pin = '0000';
$success = $pkcs11->Login($userType,$pin);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The FindCert method can find a particular certificate in a number of different ways.
// I'll demonstrate some common ways..

// 1) In many cases you'll be working with a smart card that contains one certificate that is to be used for 
// signing, and it is the certificate that is associated with the private key also stored on the smart card (or USB token).
// There may be other certificates on the card, but these are the issuer certificates in the chain of authentication.
// You're just interested in getting the certificate with the private key.
// You can do it like this:
$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
// Pass the keyword "privateKey" in the 1st argument, and an empty string in the 2nd arg.
// This returns the 1st certificate that has a private key.
$success = $pkcs11->FindCert('privateKey','',$cert);
if ($success == 1) {
    print 'Cert with private key: ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'No certificates having a private key were found.' . "\n";
}

// 2) Find a certificate by the Subject Common Name
$success = $pkcs11->FindCert('subjectCN','Chil application account (8c9be8e0-5544-4cd0-9062-290fbff353a7)',$cert);
if ($success == 1) {
    print 'Found: ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Not found: ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
}

// 3) Find a certificate by hex serial number
$success = $pkcs11->FindCert('serial','5087bf1feda006af54a02f23a851104948acc26f',$cert);
if ($success == 1) {
    print 'Found: ' . $cert->SerialNumber . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Not found: ' . $cert->SerialNumber . "\n";
}

// 4) Find a certificate by hex serial number and Issuer Common Name
$success = $pkcs11->FindCert('serial:issuerCN','5087bf1feda006af54a02f23a851104948acc26f:Ibanity Production Third Party Application CA',$cert);
if ($success == 1) {
    print 'Found: ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Not found: ' . $cert->SubjectCN . "\n";
}

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

// Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
$success = $pkcs11->Logout();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

// When finished, close the session.
// It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
$success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>