get user attributes php/ldap/win2k active directory

hi all my first email to the list re: php/ldap/win2k AD garnered no responses. i've got most of the problem solved, however i can't get attributes from the ldap server. i have a login script that authenticates against our win2k active directory domain controller. i'm able to open a connection/bind/verify a password/and close the connection. i'm really having trouble returning a user's attributes (i'm mainly concerned with firstname and last name - cn and givenname). i've been trying for several days to return attributes. has anyone accomplished this with php? i can't find much relevant info for this particular problem on the internet. if you have any pointers, i'd appreciate hearing them. i'd post relevant code, but nothing i've tried works, and i'm not sure if the code i've tried is even valid... thanks redmond -- FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p10 #0: Fri Oct 3 21:30:51 CDT 2003 12:45PM up 9 days, 4:26, 5 users, load averages: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. -- Mark Twain