HOW DOES PHP USE LDAPSolutionLDAPLight Directory Access Prot

HOW DOES PHP USE LDAP?

Solution

LDAP(Light Directory Access Protocol).

There are a huge set of LDAP functions available to be made use in PHP.

And to call the LDAP functions you need to know the name(or address) of the directory servers to be used, and the base Domain Name of the server.

The usual order in which you\'ll make LDAP calls is:

1. Connect to the server using the ldap_connect() function call.

2. Anonymous(usually for read), or authenticated(for other operations) access using the ldap_bind() function call.

3. Once the binding is done, you can do the required operations using the other function calles.

4. And finally, once you\'re done with your operations, finally, you\'ll disconnect(logout) yourself using the ldap_close().