1024)); $keys = array('public' => '', 'private' => ''); // get private key openssl_pkey_export($certificate, $keys['private']); // get public key $public = openssl_pkey_get_details($certificate); // trim keys by removing BEGIN/END lines $keys['public'] = self::trimKey($public['key']); $keys['private'] = self::trimKey($keys['private']); return $keys; } catch(Exception $e) { return false; } } private static function trimKey($key) { $lines = explode("\n", trim($key)); // remove first line array_shift($lines); // remove last line array_pop($lines); return join('', $lines); } }