# Create a URL signature using PHP
<a name="CreateURL_PHP"></a>

Any web server that runs PHP can use this PHP example code to create policy statements and signatures for private CloudFront distributions. The full example creates a functioning webpage with signed URL links that play a video stream using CloudFront streaming. You can download the full example from the [demo-php.zip](samples/demo-php.zip) file.

**Notes**  
Creating a URL signature is just one part of the process of serving private content using a signed URL. For more information about the entire process, see [Use signed URLs](private-content-signed-urls.md). 
You can also create signed URLs by using the `UrlSigner` class in the AWS SDK for PHP. For more information, see [Class UrlSigner](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/class-Aws.CloudFront.UrlSigner.html) in the *AWS SDK for PHP API Reference*.
In the `openssl_sign` call, note that passing `OPENSSL_ALGO_SHA256` as the fourth argument switches to SHA-256. (See also the [Create signed cookies using PHP](signed-cookies-PHP.md) for a full example.)

**Topics**
+ [Create the RSA SHA-1 signature](#sample-rsa-sign)
+ [Create a canned policy](#sample-canned-policy)
+ [Create a custom policy](#sample-custom-policy)
+ [Full code example](#full-example)

The following sections breaks down the code example into individual parts. You can find the [Full code example](#full-example) below.

## Create the RSA SHA-1 signature
<a name="sample-rsa-sign"></a>

This code example does the following:
+ The function `rsa_sha1_sign` hashes and signs the policy statement. The arguments required are a policy statement and the private key that corresponds with a public key that’s in a trusted key group for your distribution. 
+ Next, the `url_safe_base64_encode` function creates a URL-safe version of the signature.

```
function rsa_sha1_sign($policy, $private_key_filename) {
    $signature = "";

    // load the private key
    $fp = fopen($private_key_filename, "r");
    $priv_key = fread($fp, 8192);
    fclose($fp);
    $pkeyid = openssl_get_privatekey($priv_key);

    // compute signature
    openssl_sign($policy, $signature, $pkeyid);

    // free the key from memory
    openssl_free_key($pkeyid);

    return $signature;
}

function url_safe_base64_encode($value) {
    $encoded = base64_encode($value);
    // replace unsafe characters +, = and / with 
    // the safe characters -, _ and ~
    return str_replace(
        array('+', '=', '/'),
        array('-', '_', '~'),
        $encoded);
}
```

The following code snippet uses the functions `get_canned_policy_stream_name()` and `get_custom_policy_stream_name()` to create a canned and custom policy. CloudFront uses the policies to create the URL for streaming the video, including specifying the expiration time. 

You can then used a canned policy or a custom policy to determine how to manage access to your content. For more information about which one to choose, see the [Decide to use canned or custom policies for signed URLs](private-content-signed-urls.md#private-content-choosing-canned-custom-policy) section.

## Create a canned policy
<a name="sample-canned-policy"></a>

The following example code constructs a *canned* policy statement for the signature. 

**Note**  
The `$expires` variable is a date/time stamp that must be an integer, not a string.

```
function get_canned_policy_stream_name($video_path, $private_key_filename, $key_pair_id, $expires) {
    // this policy is well known by CloudFront, but you still need to sign it, since it contains your parameters
    $canned_policy = '{"Statement":[{"Resource":"' . $video_path . '","Condition":{"DateLessThan":{"AWS:EpochTime":'. $expires . '}}}]}';
    // the policy contains characters that cannot be part of a URL, so we base64 encode it
    $encoded_policy = url_safe_base64_encode($canned_policy);
    // sign the original policy, not the encoded version
    $signature = rsa_sha1_sign($canned_policy, $private_key_filename);
    // make the signature safe to be included in a URL
    $encoded_signature = url_safe_base64_encode($signature);

    // combine the above into a stream name
    $stream_name = create_stream_name($video_path, null, $encoded_signature, $key_pair_id, $expires);
    // URL-encode the query string characters
    return $stream_name;
}
```

For more information about canned policies, see [Create a signed URL using a canned policy](private-content-creating-signed-url-canned-policy.md).

## Create a custom policy
<a name="sample-custom-policy"></a>

The following example code constructs a *custom* policy statement for the signature. 

```
function get_custom_policy_stream_name($video_path, $private_key_filename, $key_pair_id, $policy) {
    // the policy contains characters that cannot be part of a URL, so we base64 encode it
    $encoded_policy = url_safe_base64_encode($policy);
    // sign the original policy, not the encoded version
    $signature = rsa_sha1_sign($policy, $private_key_filename);
    // make the signature safe to be included in a URL
    $encoded_signature = url_safe_base64_encode($signature);

    // combine the above into a stream name
    $stream_name = create_stream_name($video_path, $encoded_policy, $encoded_signature, $key_pair_id, null);
    // URL-encode the query string characters
    return $stream_name;
}
```

For more information about custom policies, see [Create a signed URL using a custom policy](private-content-creating-signed-url-custom-policy.md).

## Full code example
<a name="full-example"></a>

The following example code provides a complete demonstration of creating CloudFront signed URLs with PHP. You can download the full example from the [demo-php.zip](samples/demo-php.zip) file.

In the following example, you can modify the `$policy` `Condition` element to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 address ranges. For an example, see [Using IPv6 addresses in IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/ipv6-access.html#ipv6-access-iam) in the *Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide*.

```
<?php

function rsa_sha1_sign($policy, $private_key_filename) {
    $signature = "";

    // load the private key
    $fp = fopen($private_key_filename, "r");
    $priv_key = fread($fp, 8192);
    fclose($fp);
    $pkeyid = openssl_get_privatekey($priv_key);

    // compute signature
    openssl_sign($policy, $signature, $pkeyid);

    // free the key from memory
    openssl_free_key($pkeyid);

    return $signature;
}

function url_safe_base64_encode($value) {
    $encoded = base64_encode($value);
    // replace unsafe characters +, = and / with the safe characters -, _ and ~
    return str_replace(
        array('+', '=', '/'),
        array('-', '_', '~'),
        $encoded);
}

function create_stream_name($stream, $policy, $signature, $key_pair_id, $expires) {
    $result = $stream;
    // if the stream already contains query parameters, attach the new query parameters to the end
    // otherwise, add the query parameters
    $separator = strpos($stream, '?') == FALSE ? '?' : '&';
    // the presence of an expires time means we're using a canned policy
    if($expires) {
        $result .= $separator . "Expires=" . $expires . "&Signature=" . $signature . "&Key-Pair-Id=" . $key_pair_id;
    }
    // not using a canned policy, include the policy itself in the stream name
    else {
        $result .= $separator . "Policy=" . $policy . "&Signature=" . $signature . "&Key-Pair-Id=" . $key_pair_id;
    }

    // new lines would break us, so remove them
    return str_replace('\n', '', $result);
}


function get_canned_policy_stream_name($video_path, $private_key_filename, $key_pair_id, $expires) {
    // this policy is well known by CloudFront, but you still need to sign it, since it contains your parameters
    $canned_policy = '{"Statement":[{"Resource":"' . $video_path . '","Condition":{"DateLessThan":{"AWS:EpochTime":'. $expires . '}}}]}';
    // the policy contains characters that cannot be part of a URL, so we base64 encode it
    $encoded_policy = url_safe_base64_encode($canned_policy);
    // sign the original policy, not the encoded version
    $signature = rsa_sha1_sign($canned_policy, $private_key_filename);
    // make the signature safe to be included in a URL
    $encoded_signature = url_safe_base64_encode($signature);

    // combine the above into a stream name
    $stream_name = create_stream_name($video_path, null, $encoded_signature, $key_pair_id, $expires);
    // URL-encode the query string characters
    return $stream_name;
}

function get_custom_policy_stream_name($video_path, $private_key_filename, $key_pair_id, $policy) {
    // the policy contains characters that cannot be part of a URL, so we base64 encode it
    $encoded_policy = url_safe_base64_encode($policy);
    // sign the original policy, not the encoded version
    $signature = rsa_sha1_sign($policy, $private_key_filename);
    // make the signature safe to be included in a URL
    $encoded_signature = url_safe_base64_encode($signature);

    // combine the above into a stream name
    $stream_name = create_stream_name($video_path, $encoded_policy, $encoded_signature, $key_pair_id, null);
    // URL-encode the query string characters
    return $stream_name;
}


// Path to your private key.  Be very careful that this file is not accessible
// from the web!

$private_key_filename = '/home/test/secure/example-priv-key.pem';
$key_pair_id = 'K2JCJMDEHXQW5F';

// Make sure you have "Restrict viewer access" enabled on this path behaviour and using the above Trusted key groups (recommended).
$video_path = 'https://example.com/secure/example.mp4';

$expires = time() + 300; // 5 min from now
$canned_policy_stream_name = get_canned_policy_stream_name($video_path, $private_key_filename, $key_pair_id, $expires);

// Get the viewer real IP from the x-forward-for header as $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] will return viewer facing IP. An alternative option is to use CloudFront-Viewer-Address header. Note that this header is a trusted CloudFront immutable header. Example format: IP:PORT ("CloudFront-Viewer-Address": "1.2.3.4:12345")
$client_ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
$policy =
'{'.
    '"Statement":['.
        '{'.
            '"Resource":"'. $video_path . '",'.
            '"Condition":{'.
                '"IpAddress":{"AWS:SourceIp":"' . $client_ip . '/32"},'.
                '"DateLessThan":{"AWS:EpochTime":' . $expires . '}'.
            '}'.
        '}'.
    ']' .
    '}';
$custom_policy_stream_name = get_custom_policy_stream_name($video_path, $private_key_filename, $key_pair_id, $policy);

?>

<html>

<head>
    <title>CloudFront</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>Amazon CloudFront</h1>
    <h2>Canned Policy</h2>
    <h3>Expires at <?php echo gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s T', $expires); ?></h3>
    <br />

    <div id='canned'>The canned policy video will be here: <br>
    
        <video width="640" height="360" autoplay muted controls>
        <source src="<?php echo $canned_policy_stream_name; ?>" type="video/mp4">
        Your browser does not support the video tag.
        </video>
    </div>

    <h2>Custom Policy</h2>
    <h3>Expires at <?php echo gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s T', $expires); ?> only viewable by IP <?php echo $client_ip; ?></h3>
    <div id='custom'>The custom policy video will be here: <br>

         <video width="640" height="360" autoplay muted controls>
         <source src="<?php echo $custom_policy_stream_name; ?>" type="video/mp4">
         Your browser does not support the video tag.
        </video>
    </div> 

</body>

</html>
```

For additional URL signature examples, see the following topics:
+ [Create a URL signature using Perl](CreateURLPerl.md)
+ [Create a URL signature using C\$1 and the .NET Framework](CreateSignatureInCSharp.md)
+ [Create a URL signature using Java](CFPrivateDistJavaDevelopment.md)

Instead of using signed URLs to create the signature, you can use signed cookies. For more information, see [Create signed cookies using PHP](signed-cookies-PHP.md).