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Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

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Demonstrates how to generate a new 2048-bit RSA private key and returns the Base64 encoded PKCS8 representation of the private key.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$rsa = new CkRsa();

// Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
// key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
$privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
$success = $rsa->GenKey(2048,$privKey);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
$privKeyPkcs8Base64 = $privKey->getPkcs8ENC('base64');

// The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
// MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
print $privKeyPkcs8Base64 . "\n";

?>