This function also frees public key resources as received with openssl_pkey_get_public().
Manual above should say: "Frees a pkey resource"
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
openssl_pkey_free — Frees a private key
$key
) : voidThis function frees a private key created by openssl_pkey_new().
key
Resource holding the key.
No value is returned.