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Get the JWE Protected Header

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Demonstrates Jwe.GetProtectedHeader, which copies the decoded shared JWE protected header into a JsonObject.

Background. Only the protected header is returned; it is not merged with the shared unprotected header or any per-recipient header.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$jwe = new CkJwe();

//  Load the JWE.
$jweCompact = 'eyJhbGciOiJBMjU2S1ciLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIn0.<...>.<iv>.<ciphertext>.<tag>';
$success = $jwe->LoadJwe($jweCompact);
if ($success == false) {
    print $jwe->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Copy the decoded shared JWE protected header into a JsonObject.  Only the protected header is
//  returned; it is not merged with the unprotected or per-recipient headers.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$success = $jwe->GetProtectedHeader($json);
if ($success == false) {
    print $jwe->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $json->emit() . "\n";

?>