## Basic usage

Retrieve information for all entries where the surname starts with "S" from a directory server, displaying an extract with name and email address.

Example #1 LDAP search example

    <?php
    // basic sequence with LDAP is connect, bind, search, interpret search
    // result, close connection

    echo "<h3>LDAP query test</h3>";
    echo "Connecting ...";
    $ds=ldap_connect("localhost");  // must be a valid LDAP server!
    echo "connect result is " . $ds . "<br />";

    if ($ds) {
        echo "Binding ...";
        $r=ldap_bind($ds);     // this is an "anonymous" bind, typically
                               // read-only access
        echo "Bind result is " . $r . "<br />";

        echo "Searching for (sn=S*) ...";
        // Search surname entry
        $sr=ldap_search($ds, "o=My Company, c=US", "sn=S*");
        echo "Search result is " . $sr . "<br />";

        echo "Number of entries returned is " . ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr) . "<br />";

        echo "Getting entries ...<p>";
        $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);
        echo "Data for " . $info["count"] . " items returned:<p>";

        for ($i=0; $i<$info["count"]; $i++) {
            echo "dn is: " . $info[$i]["dn"] . "<br />";
            echo "first cn entry is: " . $info[$i]["cn"][0] . "<br />";
            echo "first email entry is: " . $info[$i]["mail"][0] . "<br /><hr />";
        }

        echo "Closing connection";
        ldap_close($ds);

    } else {
        echo "<h4>Unable to connect to LDAP server</h4>";
    }
    ?>

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