Ldap

[chriltola]

To connect PHP to an LDAP server, you can use the following steps:

1. Install the LDAP extension for PHP if it is not already installed. You can do this by running the following command:

   sudo apt-get install php-ldap

2. Create a connection to the LDAP server using the ldap_connect() function. This function takes the LDAP server hostname as its parameter.

   $ldapconn = ldap_connect("ldap.example.com");

3. Set some options for the connection using the ldap_set_option() function. For example, you can set the protocol version to use:

   ldap_set_option($ldapconn, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);

4. Bind to the LDAP server using a username and password using the ldap_bind() function. For example:

   $ldaprdn = 'cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com';
   $ldappass = 'password';
   ldap_bind($ldapconn, $ldaprdn, $ldappass);

5. Once you are bound to the LDAP server, you can perform operations such as searching for entries or modifying them using functions such as ldap_search() and ldap_modify(). For example, to search for all entries in a particular organizational unit:

   $basedn = 'ou=people,dc=example,dc=com';
   $filter = '(objectclass=*)';
   $result = ldap_search($ldapconn, $basedn, $filter);

6. Finally, close the connection using the ldap_close() function:

   ldap_close($ldapconn);