PHP Extension

Load a Private Key from BinData (Any Format)

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadAnyFormat method, which loads a private key by inspecting the bytes in a BinData. The first argument is the BinData and the second is the password (used if the detected key is encrypted).

Note: The file path is relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the path to your own key file.

Background: When you have key bytes in memory but do not know their exact format — downloaded, decrypted, or pulled from a database — this figures it out for you, recognizing PKCS #1/#8 DER, encrypted PKCS #8, PEM, JWK, Chilkat XML, Microsoft formats, and more. It removes the guesswork of choosing a specific loader, at the small cost of the detection step. Supply the password so it can decrypt an encrypted key without a second call.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadAnyFormat method, which loads a private key by inspecting the
//  bytes in a BinData.  The 1st argument is the BinData and the 2nd is the password (used if the
//  detected key is encrypted).

$bd = new CkBinData();
$success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/some_private_key');
if ($success == false) {
    print $bd->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$privKey = new CkPrivateKey();

//  The key password is not hard-coded in a real application; obtain it from an interactive
//  prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$password = 'myKeyPassword';

//  Chilkat auto-detects the representation: PKCS #1/#8 DER, encrypted PKCS #8, PEM, JWK,
//  Chilkat XML, Microsoft formats, and more.
$success = $privKey->LoadAnyFormat($bd,$password);
if ($success == false) {
    print $privKey->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Loaded a ' . $privKey->keyType() . ' private key.' . "\n";

?>