note 86635 added to function.ldap-bind

I couldn't get ldap_bind to work on an ldaps connection until I followed some instructions about creating an ldap.conf file. I don't see these instructions anywhere on the php site. Maybe they're on the OpenLDAP site, but I thought it would be useful to have here as well. Credit goes to a dude known as 'LRM', and I found my solution here: http://lists.horde.org/archives/sork/Week-of-Mon-20040503/001578.html My setup is XAMPP on Win XP. ###### ApacheFriends XAMPP (basic package) version 1.6.3a ###### + Apache 2.2.4 + MySQL 5.0.45 + PHP 5.2.3 + PHP 4.4.7 + PEAR + PHP-Switch win32 1.0 (please use the "php-switch.bat") + XAMPP Control Version 2.5 from www.nat32.com + XAMPP Security 1.0 + SQLite 2.8.15 + OpenSSL 0.9.8e + phpMyAdmin 2.10.3 + ADOdb 4.95 + Mercury Mail Transport System v4.01b + FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.23 + Webalizer 2.01-10 + Zend Optimizer 3.3.0 + eAccelerator 0.9.5.1 for PHP 5.2.3 (comment out in the php.ini) 1. create C:\OpenLDAP\sysconf\ldap.conf (Yes, it MUST be this path because it's hard-coded in the dll) 2. put this line at the top: TLS_REQCERT never 3. Save, stop/start apache. The reason is, I think, because it doesn't understand the certificate, so this directive tells it to not bother checking it. I guess that could be unsafe in some cases, but in my case I'm confident with the server I'm connecting to. My connection code was as follows (nothing new here, I don't think): <?php $con = @ldap_connect('ldaps://the.ldap.server', 636); ldap_set_option($con, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3); ldap_set_option($con, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, 0); var_dump(@ldap_bind($con, 'user@sub.domain.com', 'password')); ?> Good luck! LDAPS can be a real bitch. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 155.43.81.122 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ldap-bind.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/86635 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/86635 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/86635 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php