The LDAP Class for PHP
The idea behind this class, is that you can navigate through your
LDAP directory server using the same methods you would use to navigate
a UNIX filesystem.
This works pretty will for navigation, but adding and retrieving data
are somewhat different. I used a pretty standard method of retrieving
data, similar to most methods of database access. (ie. search, then fetch).
For adding data, it's much different than you may expect. There is no
add() function in the class. There really isn't a need for one. When you
make a directory (LDAP translation: add an entry) into your directory
server, to add attributes, you would just need to modify the existing
entry.
If you're new to LDAP, this probably won't be too hard for you. If you've
already been exposed to LDAP, it may take some getting used to.
Think of all of your entries as directories. Each directory can have files
(attributes), and subdirectories (entries) in them. When you think about it
this way, you can rm() attributes, and rmdir() entries. This is the
basis for this class.
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