Numerous leading software vendors have built flagship directory services products
and indeed centered their entire operations around such offerings. The following are just
a few of the more popular products:
??? Fedora Directory Server: http://directory.fedoraproject.org/
??? Microsoft Active Directory: http://www.microsoft.com/activedirectory/
??? Novell eDirectory: http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/
??? Oracle Collaboration Suite: http://www.oracle.com/collabsuite/
426 CHAPTER 17 ?– PHP AND LDAP
Figure 17-1. A model of the typical corporate structure
All widely used directory services products depend heavily upon an open specification
known as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP. In this chapter,
you will learn how easy it is to talk to LDAP via PHP??™s LDAP extension. In the end,
you??™ll possess the knowledge necessary to begin talking to directory services via your
PHP applications.
Because an introductory section on LDAP wouldn??™t be nearly enough to do the
topic justice, it??™s assumed you??™re reading this chapter because you??™re already a
knowledgeable LDAP user and are seeking more information about how to communicate
with your LDAP server using the PHP language. If you are, however, new to the
topic, consider taking some time to review the following online resources before
continuing:
LDAP v3 specification (http://www.ietf.
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