Re: ldap_search()

Ok. That makes sense. I have the structure printed out, so I shouldn't have a problem. > From: "Nick Talbott" <nickt@powys.gov.uk> > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:21:15 -0000 > To: "Mike Tuller" <mitull01@willy.wsc.edu>, "php mailing list" > <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: Re: [PHP] ldap_search() > > Mike > > The purpose of setting the basedn is to say "search in this branch of the > directory". > > The only person who can really tell you what basedn to use is whoever > designed or manages the structure of your LDAP server. Having said that, a > base dn is commony something like ... > o=Your Organisation,c=US > > Some LDAP managers also make consistent use of the "ou" or > "organizationalUnit" attribute to provide a further logical division of the > directory. If your directory is organised this way, and you want to > restrict your search to just one ou in the organisation, you might set the > basedn for the search to be > ou=Whatever Section,o=Your Organisation,c=US > > HTH > > Nick Talbott > IT Policy and Strategy Manager, Powys County Council, UK > > email nickt@powys.gov.uk > FAX +44 (0) 1597 824781 > web http://www.powys.gov.uk and á¥.  > ¾þ"vy÷Ðò@÷http://www.powysweb.co.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tuller <mitull01@willy.wsc.edu> > To: php mailing list <php-general@lists.php.net> > Date: 08 March 2001 01:03 > Subject: [PHP] ldap_search() > > >> Sorry about this, but I don't know much about LDAP, and the book I have >> doesn't tell me much. >> >> I was shown the following script to grab information from an LDAP server > and >> display the results in a phonebook type format. >> >> <HTML> >> <BODY> >> <?php >> $ldapserver = "ldap.something.com"; >> $basedn = "dc=something, dc=com"; >> >> $dir =ldap_connect($ldapserver); // Connect to server >> >> if ($dir) { >> ldap_bind($dir); // Bind to the server >> $result = ldap_search($dir, $basedn, "sn=*"); // query connection, set >> the base and look for any sn >> >> $info = ldap_get_entries($dir, $result); // The results get sent to the >> $info object >> >> for ($i=0; $i<$info["count"]; $i++) { // Count is a ldap feature that >> contains the length of the resultset >> echo $info[$i]["cn"][0]; // choose any parameter you want see here >> } >> >> ldap_close($dir); >> } >> ?> >> </BODY> >> </HTML> >> >> >> The problem I am running into I think is that I work for a school district, >> and I don't have a .com address. I have anoka.k12.mn.us. I tried to put in >> $basedn = "dc=anoka, dc=k12, dc=mn, dc=us"; but I still receive an error on >> ldap_search. Am I doing this correctly? >> >> Mike >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> >> >