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    openssl_pkcs7_read

    (PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)

    openssl_pkcs7_read — Export the PKCS7 file to an array of PEM certificates

    Description

    openssl_pkcs7_read(string $data, array &$certificates): bool

    Warning

    This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

    Parameters

    data

    The string of data you wish to parse (p7b format).

    certificates

    The array of PEM certificates from the p7b input data.

    Return Values

    Returns true on success or false on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 Get a PEM array from a P7B file

    <?php

    $file     = 'certs.p7b';

    $f = file_get_contents($file);
    $p7 = array();
    $r = openssl_pkcs7_read($f, $p7);

    if (    $r === false) {
    printf("ERROR: %s is not a proper p7b file".PHP_EOL, $file);
    for(    $e = openssl_error_string(), $i = 0; $e; $e = openssl_error_string(), $i++)
    printf("SSL l%d: %s".PHP_EOL, $i, $e);
    exit(    1);
    }

    print_r($p7);
    ?>

    See Also

    • openssl_csr_sign() - Sign a CSR with another certificate (or itself) and generate a certificate

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