It's actually "file://key.pem" when you want to give a relative path using unix systems. It will be three '/' in case of absolute path (e.g "file:///home/username/..."). But this path consists of two '/' originated from "file://" and one '/' from the fact that home is a subfolder of the unix filesystem's root directory ("/home/username/..."). This two part will be concatenated and you will get three '/' characters following each other.
So you only have to concatenate "file://" with an existing path string in every case.
openssl_pkey_get_private
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
openssl_pkey_get_private — Get a private key
Description
openssl_pkey_get_private(OpenSSLAsymmetricKey|OpenSSLCertificate|array|string
$private_key, ?string $passphrase = null): OpenSSLAsymmetricKey|false
openssl_pkey_get_private() parses
private_key and prepares it for use by other functions.
Parameters
-
private_key -
private_keycan be one of the following:- a string having the format file://path/to/file.pem. The named file must contain a PEM encoded certificate/private key (it may contain both).
- A PEM formatted private key.
-
passphrase -
The optional parameter
passphrasemust be used if the specified key is encrypted (protected by a passphrase).
Return Values
Returns an OpenSSLAsymmetricKey instance on success, or false on error.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
On success, this function returns an OpenSSLAsymmetricKey instance now;
previously, a resource of type OpenSSL key was returned.
|
| 8.0.0 |
private_key accepts an OpenSSLAsymmetricKey
or OpenSSLCertificate instance now;
previously, a resource of type OpenSSL key or OpenSSL X.509
was accepted.
|
| 8.0.0 |
passphrase is nullable now.
|
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kristof1 at mailbox dot hu ¶
10 years ago
pablo dot siciliano at gmail dot com ¶
4 years ago
Hi.
If this function not work with pathname try with a file_get_contents of a key file.
