OpenSSL Functions
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openssl_csr_get_subject

Returns the subject of a CSR

Description

arrayfalse openssl_csr_get_subject(OpenSSLCertificateSigningRequeststring $csr, bool $short_names = true)

openssl_csr_get_subject returns subject distinguished name information encoded in the csr including fields commonName (CN), organizationName (O), countryName (C) etc.

Parameters

csr

See CSR parameters for a list of valid values.

short_names

short_names controls how the data is indexed in the array - if short_names is true (the default) then fields will be indexed with the short name form, otherwise, the long name form will be used - e.g.: CN is the shortname form of commonName.

Return Values

Returns an associative array with subject description, or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 csr accepts an OpenSSLCertificateSigningRequest instance now; previously, a resource of type OpenSSL X.509 CSR was accepted.

Examples

Example #1 openssl_csr_get_subject() example

<?php
$subject = array(
    "countryName" => "CA",
    "stateOrProvinceName" => "Alberta",
    "localityName" => "Calgary",
    "organizationName" => "XYZ Widgets Inc",
    "organizationalUnitName" => "PHP Documentation Team",
    "commonName" => "Wez Furlong",
    "emailAddress" => "wez@example.com",
);
$private_key = openssl_pkey_new(array(
    "private_key_bits" => 2048,
    "private_key_type" => OPENSSL_KEYTYPE_RSA,
));
$configargs = array(
    'digest_alg' => 'sha512WithRSAEncryption'
);
$csr = openssl_csr_new($subject, $privkey, $configargs);
print_r(openssl_csr_get_subject($csr));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [C] => CA
    [ST] => Alberta
    [L] => Calgary
    [O] => XYZ Widgets Inc
    [OU] => PHP Documentation Team
    [CN] => Wez Furlong
    [emailAddress] => wez@example.com
)

See Also

  • openssl_csr_new
  • openssl_csr_get_public_key
  • openssl_x509_parse