secret.pem // certificate details (Distinguished Name) // (OpenSSL applies defaults to missing fields) $dn = array( "commonName" => isset($argv[1]) ? $argv[1] : "localhost", // "countryName" => "AU", // "stateOrProvinceName" => "Some-State", // "localityName" => "London", // "organizationName" => "Internet Widgits Pty Ltd", // "organizationalUnitName" => "R&D", // "emailAddress" => "admin@example.com" ); // create certificate which is valid for ~10 years $privkey = openssl_pkey_new(); $cert = openssl_csr_new($dn, $privkey); $cert = openssl_csr_sign($cert, null, $privkey, 3650); // export public and (optionally encrypted) private key in PEM format openssl_x509_export($cert, $out); echo $out; $passphrase = isset($argv[2]) ? $argv[2] : null; openssl_pkey_export($privkey, $out, $passphrase); echo $out;