Sending multiple iPhone push notifications + APNS + PHP

You should better use APNS library for PHP. You can find it here. Look through samples that developers provide.

I also had problems with certificates. My actions were:

1. locate file ApnsPHP/Abstract.php

2. make some changes to _connect() method, paste this lines

   $streamContext = stream_context_create(
                      array(
                        'ssl' => array(
                                  'local_cert' => $this->_sProviderCertificateFile,
                                  'passphrase' => ''
                                 )
                      )
   );
   
   $this->_hSocket = @stream_socket_client(
                       $sURL, 
                       $nError, 
                       $sError,
                       $this->_nConnectTimeout,
                       STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT,
                       $streamContext);
   

   instead of original listed there

3. now you can use *.pem certificates without need of entrust_root_certification_authority.

This worked fine for me.

Simple way to do it without use any file. You can call it multiple times with different tokeid.

$ctx = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'ckipad.pem');
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', $passphrase);

$fp = stream_socket_client('ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', 
    $err, 
    $errstr, 
    60, 
    STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, 
    $ctx);

//if (!$fp)
//exit("Failed to connect amarnew: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL);

//echo 'Connected to APNS' . PHP_EOL;

// Create the payload body
$body['aps'] = array(
    'badge' => +1,
    'alert' => $message,
    'sound' => 'default'
);

$payload = json_encode($body);

// Build the binary notification
$msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;

// Send it to the server
$result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg));

if (!$result)
    echo 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
else
    echo 'Message successfully delivered amar'.$message. PHP_EOL;

// Close the connection to the server
fclose($fp);