LDAP Controls
Here are some examples of using LDAP Controls with PHP >= 7.3.0.
Example #1 Bind with ppolicy information
<?php
$user = 'cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com';
$passwd = 'adminpassword';
$ds = ldap_connect('ldap://localhost');
if ($ds) {
$r = ldap_bind_ext($ds, $user, $passwd, [['oid' => LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICYREQUEST]]);
if (ldap_parse_result($ds, $r, $errcode, $matcheddn, $errmsg, $referrals, $ctrls)) {
if ($errcode != 0) {
die("Error: $errmsg ($errcode)");
}
if (isset($ctrls[LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICYRESPONSE])) {
$value = $ctrls[LDAP_CONTROL_PASSWORDPOLICYRESPONSE]['value'];
echo "Expires in: ".$value['expire']." seconds\n";
echo "Number of auth left: ".$value['grace']."\n";
if (isset($value['error'])) {
echo "Ppolicy error code: ".$value['error'];
}
}
}
} else {
die("Unable to connect to LDAP server");
}
?>
Example #2 Modify description only if it's not empty
<?php
// $link is an LDAP connection
$result = ldap_mod_replace_ext(
$link,
'o=test,dc=example,dc=com',
['description' => 'New description'],
[
[
'oid' => LDAP_CONTROL_ASSERT,
'iscritical' => TRUE,
'value' => ['filter' => '(!(description=*))']
]
]
);
// Then use ldap_parse_result
?>
Example #3 Read some values before deletion
<?php
// $link is an LDAP connection
$result = ldap_delete_ext(
$link,
'o=test,dc=example,dc=com',
[
[
'oid' => LDAP_CONTROL_PRE_READ,
'iscritical' => TRUE,
'value' => ['attrs' => ['o', 'description']]
]
]
);
// Then use ldap_parse_result
?>
Example #4 Delete a reference
<?php
// $link is an LDAP connection
// Without the control it would delete the referenced node
// Make sure to set the control as critical to avoid that
$result = ldap_delete_ext(
$link,
'cn=reference,dc=example,dc=com',
[['oid' => LDAP_CONTROL_MANAGEDSAIT, 'iscritical' => TRUE]]
);
// Then use ldap_parse_result
?>
Example #5 Use pagination for a search
<?php
// $link is an LDAP connection
$cookie = '';
do {
$result = ldap_search(
$link, 'dc=example,dc=base', '(cn=*)', ['cn'], 0, 0, 0, LDAP_DEREF_NEVER,
[['oid' => LDAP_CONTROL_PAGEDRESULTS, 'value' => ['size' => 2, 'cookie' => $cookie]]]
);
ldap_parse_result($link, $result, $errcode , $matcheddn , $errmsg , $referrals, $controls);
// To keep the example short errors are not tested
$entries = ldap_get_entries($link, $result);
foreach ($entries as $entry) {
echo "cn: ".$entry['cn'][0]."\n";
}
if (isset($controls[LDAP_CONTROL_PAGEDRESULTS]['value']['cookie'])) {
// You need to pass the cookie from the last call to the next one
$cookie = $controls[LDAP_CONTROL_PAGEDRESULTS]['value']['cookie'];
} else {
$cookie = '';
}
// Empty cookie means last page
} while (!empty($cookie));
?>
