Ldap

[lurchblake]

I'm trying to connect to a Win2K LDAP server to get a list of user accounts and email addresses, to be used in a dynamic company email address book.

I can connect to the LDAP server with no problems, however, when I try to search I always get the same error:

"Warning: ldap_search(): Search: No such object in /var/www/html/intranet/ldap_test.php on line 27"

All of the examples I've found give me errors.

I try this:
$ds=ldap_bind($ldaplink,$username,$password);
$sr=ldap_search($ds,"o=my company, c=UK", "name=joe bloggs");

I always get the afore mentioned error.

I know I'm missing something fundamental, anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

[jpmoriarty]

i'm sorry to say that i cant help, and just to warn you that i've asked similar questions here myself but have received little assistance - i think it's one thing that hard-core php'ers dont do so much, probably because it's so windows based!

I did manage a sort of solution using asp (and hence had to have a php / asp hybrid solution, which was nice), but could only ever get out names of (in my case) employees - couldnt work out how to get to any of the other information (ie email address, telephone number, that sort of thing) that's in there too. If you have any luck, then please let me know!

[lurchblake]

Just can't bring myself to use asp....... even if I can't get the job done I want to be able to stand tall and keep my dignity ;-)

Thanks anyway

[The_Chancer]

I have this working in our office environment for internal mail users via the LDAP server....

$ds=ldap_connect("192.168.150.5");  // must be a valid LDAP server!
	if ($ds) { 
	    $r=ldap_bind($ds);
	    if ($sendname!="none"){
	    print("<option selected>Choose from list</option>");
	    $sr=ldap_search($ds,"ou=AREA, o=Company, c=UK", "cn=".$sendname."*");
	    echo "Number of entries returned is ".ldap_count_entries($ds,$sr)."<p>";
	    $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);
	}
	else {
	print("<option selected>Enter name to search</option>");
	}
	    for ($i=0; $i<$info["count"]; $i++) {
	        while ($i!=$info["count"])
	        {
	        	print("<option value=".$info[$i]["mail"][0].">". $info[$i]["cn"][0] ."</option>
	        	");
	        	$i++;
	        }
	        print("</select>");
	    }
	    ldap_close($ds);
	} 
	else {
	    echo "<h4>Unable to connect to LDAP server</h4>";
	    die;
	}

Try it out... might work...

[PyroX]

I have used ldap for awhile.

You cannot expect pasted code to work from someone else's use.

Go look for some ldap browsing software that will show you OU information and also show you the searches it does to display the lists.

Once you ahve that, everything is so easy.

( no I do not remember what I used. )

[lurchblake]

Thank you!

That was short, but quite pointless......

[PyroX]

Pointless?

I guess knowing everything about the machine you are searching is pointless now.