Re: ldap controls

Stig Venaas wrote:

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 02:40:33PM -0500, Matthew Gray wrote:

A while back there was some talk about adding ldap_search_ext() and ldap_create_*_control()-style functions to PHP to allow server(and maybe client someday?) controls to be sent along with a request. Is anybody working on or still thinking about doing this?

I have done some investigation and I believe you can send pass all the client and server controls you like using the existing ldap_set_option() function. The only drawback is that when you set controls using that, the controls will apply to all subsequent LDAP operations. If you want some controls for just one operation you will have to use ldap_set_option() again setting no controls or new control list that you need for the next opertaion. Hastily written from an internet cafe in Kyoto (: Stig I've tried passing server controls with ldap_set_option() before, but I couldn't get it to work(I did not try very hard however).

Still, I think it is a good idea to stick close to the C API. I like the names ldap_search_ext() and ldap_create_*_control(). Would it then make sense to have an ldap_create_control() function that would allow any OID for a control as well? Or if controls continue to be represented as arrays, ldap_create_*_control() functions might not even be needed. I would be happy to see and test any code for this. Thanks, Matt