(PHP Extension) 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.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");
// Use "chilkat_9_5_0.php" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0

$email = new CkEmail();

// ...
// ...

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

// certChainObj is a CkCertChain
$certChainObj = $email->GetSignedByCertChain();
if ($email->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    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.

$signerCert = new CkCert();
$success = $email->LastSignerCert(0,$signerCert);
if ($success == false) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the certificate chain from the signer certificate.
$certChain = new CkCertChain();
$success = $signerCert->BuildCertChain($certChain);
if ($success == false) {
    print $signerCert->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>