diff --git a/examples/sign.php b/examples/sign.php
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+<?php
+
+require dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/openpgp.php';
+require dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/openpgp_crypt_rsa.php';
+
+/* Parse secret key from STDIN, the key must not be password protected */
+$wkey = OpenPGP_Message::parse(file_get_contents('php://stdin'));
+$wkey = $wkey[0];
+
+/* Create a new literal data packet */
+$data = new OpenPGP_LiteralDataPacket('This is text.', array('format' => 'u', 'filename' => 'stuff.txt'));
+
+/* Create a signer from the key */
+$sign = new OpenPGP_Crypt_RSA($wkey);
+
+/* The message is the signed data packet */
+$m = $sign->sign($data);
+
+/* Output the raw message bytes to STDOUT */
+echo $m->to_bytes();
+
+?>
diff --git a/examples/verify.php b/examples/verify.php
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+<?php
+
+require dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/openpgp.php';
+require dirname(__FILE__).'/../lib/openpgp_crypt_rsa.php';
+
+/* Parse public key from STDIN */
+$wkey = OpenPGP_Message::parse(file_get_contents('php://stdin'));
+$wkey = $wkey[0];
+
+/* Parse signed message from file named "t" */
+$m = OpenPGP_Message::parse(file_get_contents('t'));
+
+/* Create a verifier for the key */
+$verify = new OpenPGP_Crypt_RSA($wkey);
+
+/* Dump verification information to STDOUT */
+var_dump($verify->verify($m));
+
+?>