Constructing an LDAP query - Whats in the URL?

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I have a nice little php script to query my LDAP/AD and perform a search. I now want to pass on the search variable of 'q' to a AJAX live search.

I'm almost there I just need to know what the query in the URL is.

For example when we use google the basic search query is google.com?=Yoursearchterm

so what is the URL actually sending for and LDAP/AD search?

This is my script

<p>
  <form action="http://intranet/adquery/ajax/spotlight_v2/livesearch.php" method="post">
    Search criteria:<br />
    <input type="text" name="q" size="20"
           maxlength="20" value="" /><br />
           <input type="submit" value="Search" />
  </form>
</p>

<?php

if( isset($_POST['q']) &&!empty($_POST['q']) ){
// all your ldap code

// Designate a few variables
$host = "10.10.10.10";
$user = "USER@DOMAIN";
$pswd = "PASSWORD";

$ad = ldap_connect($host)
      or die( "Could not connect!" );

// Set version number
ldap_set_option($ad, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3)
     or die ("Could not set ldap protocol");

// Binding to ldap server
$bd = ldap_bind($ad, $user, $pswd)
      or die ("Could not bind");

// Create the DN
$dn = "OU=user,DC=DOMAIN,DC=com";

// Specify only those parameters we're interested in displaying
$attrs = array("displayname","mail","telephonenumber","givenname");

// Create the filter from the search parameters
$filter = "(|(givenName=".$_POST['q']."*) (sn=".$_POST['q']."*))";

$search = ldap_search($ad, $dn, $filter, $attrs)
          or die ("");

$entries = ldap_get_entries($ad, $search);

if ($entries["count"] > 0) {

for ($i=0; $i<$entries["count"]; $i++) {
   echo "<p>Name: ".$entries[$i]["displayname"][0]."<br />";
   echo "Email: <a href=mailto:".$entries[$i]["mail"][0].">".$entries[$i]["mail"][0]."</a><br />";
     echo "Phone: ".$entries[$i]["telephonenumber"][0]."</p>";

}

} else {
   echo "<p>No results found!</p>";
}

ldap_unbind($ad);

} 

?>

thanks all 😃