Php/docs/ldap.examples-basic
Basic usage
Retrieve information for all entries where the surname starts with "S" from a directory server, displaying an extract with name and email address.
Example #1 LDAP search example
<?php// basic sequence with LDAP is connect, bind, search, interpret search// result, close connectionecho "<h3>LDAP query test</h3>";echo "Connecting ...";$ds=ldap_connect("localhost"); // must be a valid LDAP server!echo "connect result is " . $ds . "<br />";if ($ds) { echo "Binding ..."; $r=ldap_bind($ds); // this is an "anonymous" bind, typically // read-only access echo "Bind result is " . $r . "<br />"; echo "Searching for (sn=S*) ..."; // Search surname entry $sr=ldap_search($ds, "o=My Company, c=US", "sn=S*"); echo "Search result is " . $sr . "<br />"; echo "Number of entries returned is " . ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr) . "<br />"; echo "Getting entries ...<p>"; $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr); echo "Data for " . $info["count"] . " items returned:<p>"; for ($i=0; $i<$info["count"]; $i++) { echo "dn is: " . $info[$i]["dn"] . "<br />"; echo "first cn entry is: " . $info[$i]["cn"][0] . "<br />"; echo "first email entry is: " . $info[$i]["mail"][0] . "<br /><hr />"; } echo "Closing connection"; ldap_close($ds);} else { echo "<h4>Unable to connect to LDAP server</h4>";}?>