RE: [PHP] RE: Address book - LDAP or MySQL?

> On 6/29/07, Jay Blanchard <jblanchard@pocket.com> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > As I understand it, LDAP and MySQL offer two different ways > > of setting up a networked address book. > > So I take it they can be compared as far as that is concerned. > > > > Actually, I normally run Linux, so Active Directory > > would not be a priority for me. > > > > I didn't say LDAP was a database. > > However, the principal usage of LDAP, as far as I can see > > (by googling for LDAP) is in fact > > to set up a network address book of some kind. > > It may be used for other purposes, > > but they are not really relevant to my enquiry. > > [/snip] PHP/MySQL/LDAP integration is something I've been thinking about for a little while too. I've built a CRM system in PHP with a MySQL database and would like the contact info to be available to our users in their email programs. LDAP seems a good (the only?) option for this due to support in Outlook etc. From my understanding, LDAP is just a defined protocol for accessing directory data. The data must be stored somewhere else, in my case the MySQL database. In order to access the data using a LDAP, you need to set-up an LDAP server (e.g. OpenLDAP). What I haven't looked into much yet is how to interface the LDAP server to the MySQL database... I know this isn't too helpful to the OP's question - just wanted to register my interest in the topic and (hopefully) stimulate conversation. Edward