function _extractBER($str)
    {
        /* X.509 certs are assumed to be base64 encoded but sometimes they'll have additional things in them
         * above and beyond the ceritificate.
         * ie. some may have the following preceding the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- line:
         *
         * Bag Attributes
         *     localKeyID: 01 00 00 00
         * subject=/O=organization/OU=org unit/CN=common name
         * issuer=/O=organization/CN=common name
         */
        $temp = preg_replace('#.*?^-+[^-]+-+[\r\n ]*$#ms', '', $str, 1);
        // remove the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- stuff
        $temp = preg_replace('#-+[^-]+-+#', '', $temp);
        // remove new lines
        $temp = str_replace(array("\r", "\n", ' '), '', $temp);
        $temp = preg_match('#^[a-zA-Z\d/+]*={0,2}$#', $temp) ? base64_decode($temp) : false;
        return $temp != false ? $temp : $str;
    }
function _extractBER($str)
    {
        /* X.509 certs are assumed to be base64 encoded but sometimes they'll have additional things in them
         * above and beyond the ceritificate.
         * ie. some may have the following preceding the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- line:
         *
         * Bag Attributes
         *     localKeyID: 01 00 00 00
         * subject=/O=organization/OU=org unit/CN=common name
         * issuer=/O=organization/CN=common name
         */
        $temp = preg_replace('#.*?^-+[^-]+-+[\r\n ]*$#ms', '', $str, 1);
        // remove the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- stuff
        $temp = preg_replace('#-+[^-]+-+#', '', $temp);
        // remove new lines
        $temp = str_replace(array("\r", "\n", ' '), '', $temp);
        $temp = preg_match('#^[a-zA-Z\d/+]*={0,2}$#', $temp) ? base64_decode($temp) : false;
        return $temp != false ? $temp : $str;
    }
function _extractBER ( $ str ) { /* X.509 certs are assumed to be base64 encoded but sometimes they'll have additional things in them
         * above and beyond the ceritificate.
         * ie. some may have the following preceding the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- line:
         *
         * Bag Attributes
         *     localKeyID: 01 00 00 00
         * subject=/O=organization/OU=org unit/CN=common name
         * issuer=/O=organization/CN=common name
         */ $ temp = preg_replace ( '#.*?^-+[^-]+-+[\r\n ]*$#ms' , '' , $ str , 1 ) ; // remove the -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- stuff $ temp = preg_replace ( '#-+[^-]+-+#' , '' , $ temp ) ; // remove new lines $ temp = str_replace ( array ( "\r" , "\n" , ' ' ) , '' , $ temp ) ; $ temp = preg_match ( '#^[a-zA-Z\d/+]*={0,2}$#' , $ temp ) ? base64_decode ( $ temp ) : false ; return $ temp != false ? $ temp : $ str ; }
Extract raw BER from Base64 encoding

@access private
@param string $str
@return string
Extract raw BER from Base64 encoding