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

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$cert = new CkCert();

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

$certStoreCU = new CkCertStore();
$readOnlyFlag = false;

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

print 'Imported ' . $cert->subjectCN() . "\n";
print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>