Using PHP With LDAP (part 2) (
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In this second, and concluding, article, dig deeper into PHP's
LDAP API by writing complex search queries and building a Web-based
administration module to retrieve and modify entries from the LDAP directory
tree.In the first part of this article, I gave you a crash course in the basics of
using PHP with LDAP, demonstrating how PHP's built-in support for LDAP makes it
easy to query an LDAP directory server for user information. That article also
included a detailed discussion of the steps that make up a PHP-to-LDAP session,
together with examples demonstrating how those steps play out in the real
world.
In this second (and concluding) article, I will carry the torch
onwards, explaining how to perform more complex searches with LDAP. Since PHP
comes with a whole bunch of functions for updating LDAP directory servers, I'll
also examine those, with examples of how they can be used to add, modify and
delete entries to the LDAP directory tree. Let's get going!
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