How to connect to apn with PHP using p8 auth key file

Question

After Apple changed the APNs Auth Key to p8, the current libraries such as https://github.com/immobiliare/ApnsPHP still use old pem and cert files to connect

$push = new ApnsPHP_Push(
    ApnsPHP_Abstract::ENVIRONMENT_SANDBOX,
    'server_certificates_bundle_sandbox.pem'
);
// Set the Provider Certificate passphrase
// $push->setProviderCertificatePassphrase('test');
// Set the Root Certificate Autority to verify the Apple remote peer
$push->setRootCertificationAuthority('entrust_root_certification_authority.pem');
// Connect to the Apple Push Notification Service
$push->connect()

With Node.js example (https://eladnava.com/send-push-notifications-to-ios-devices-using-xcode-8-and-swift-3/), I could send like this:

var apnProvider = new apn.Provider({
     token: {
        key: 'APNsAuthKey_Q34DLF6Z6J.p8', // Path to the key p8 file
        keyId: 'Q34DLF6Z6J', // The Key ID of the p8 file (available at https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/certificate/key)
        teamId: 'RLAHF6FL89', // The Team ID of your Apple Developer Account (available at https://developer.apple.com/account/#/membership/)
    },
    production: false // Set to true if sending a notification to a production iOS app
});

How can I use PHP to send remote notifications to iOS like I do in node.js?

Answer 1

Maybe its too late but I had struggle with this because almost every instruction is for the old way.

So i decided to answer this "old" question with my solution.

private static function sendNotificationAPN($device_token, $title, $body, $category, $sound, $optionals) {
        $alert = array(
            'aps' => array(
                'alert'    => array(
                    'title' => $title,
                    'body'  => $body
                ),
                'badge' => 0,
                'sound'    => $sound,
                'category' => $category,
                'content-available' => true
            )
        );

        foreach ($optionals as $key => $option) {
            $alert[$key] = $option;
        }

        $alert = json_encode($alert);

        $url = 'https://api.development.push.apple.com/3/device/' . $device_token['apn'];

        $ch = curl_init($url);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $alert);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("apns-topic: '/* your app name */'"));
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLCERT, /* absolute path to cert file */);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLCERTPASSWD, /* passphrase for cert */);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
        $response = curl_exec($ch);
        $httpcode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);


        $ret = array(
            'body' => $response,
            'httpcode' => $httpcode
        );

        return $ret;
    }