PHP ActiveX

Find Certificate for Email Encryption

Demonstrates finding the recipient's certificate in the Windows certificate store and using it to send encrypted email. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

// Set the SMTP server.
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.example.com';

// Create a new email object
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");

$email->Subject = 'This email is encrypted';
$email->Body = 'This is a digitally encrypted mail';
$email->From = 'Joe <joe@example.com>';
// Emails are encrypted using the recipient's certificate.
$recipientEmailAddr = 'jane@example2.com';
$email->AddTo('Jane',$recipientEmailAddr);

// Indicate that the email is to be sent encrypted.
$email->SendEncrypted = 1;

// This example demonstrates finding the email encryption certificate
// on a Windows system where the certificate is stored in the Windows 
// certificate store.

$cert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
// The recipient's certificate is used to encrypt.
// (Because the recipient is the only one in possession of the private key to decrypt.)
$success = $cert->LoadByEmailAddress($recipientEmailAddr);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Specify the certificate to be used for encryption.
$success = $email->SetEncryptCert($cert);

$success = $mailman->SendEmail($email);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Encrypted Mail Sent!' . "\n";
}


?>