Webmaster in a Nutshell, Second Edition

LDAP Functions

The following functions are used to communicate with a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server.

int ldap_add(int link, string dn, array entry)

Add entries to an LDAP directory

int ldap_bind(int link [, string dn, string password])

Bind to an LDAP directory

int ldap_close(int link)

Alias for ldap_unbind

int ldap_connect([string host [, int port]])

Connect to an LDAP server

int ldap_count_entries(int link, int result)

Count the number of entries in a search result

int ldap_delete(int link, string dn)

Delete an entry from a directory

string ldap_dn2ufn(string dn)

Convert a distinguished name to a user-friendly naming format

array ldap_explode_dn(string dn, int with_attrib)

Split a distinguished name into its component parts

string ldap_first_attribute(int link, int result, int ber)

Return the first attribute

int ldap_first_entry(int link, int result)

Return the first result ID

int ldap_free_result(int result)

Free result memory

array ldap_get_attributes(int link, int result)

Get attributes from a search result entry

string ldap_get_dn(int link, int result)

Get the distinguished name of a result entry

array ldap_get_entries(int link, int result)

Get all result entries

array ldap_get_values(int link, int result, string attribute)

Get all values from a result entry

int ldap_list(int link, string base_dn, string filter [, string attributes])

Single-level search

int ldap_modify(int link, string dn, array entry)

Modify an LDAP entry

string ldap_next_attribute(int ...