Description
bool 
openssl_sign ( string data, string &signature, mixed priv_key_id [, int signature_alg] )
     Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
     If successful the signature is returned in
     signature. 
    
     openssl_sign() computes a signature for the
     specified data by using SHA1 for hashing
     followed by encryption using the private key associated with
     priv_key_id. Note that the data itself is
     not encrypted.
    
     
Example 1. openssl_sign() example 
<?php // $data is assumed to contain the data to be signed
  // fetch private key from file and ready it $fp = fopen("/src/openssl-0.9.6/demos/sign/key.pem", "r"); $priv_key = fread($fp, 8192); fclose($fp); $pkeyid = openssl_get_privatekey($priv_key);
  // compute signature openssl_sign($data, $signature, $pkeyid);
  // free the key from memory openssl_free_key($pkeyid); ?>
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     See also openssl_verify().