> 1) What implementation(s) of LDAP are supported? A couple of them should work, but the most commonly used is OpenLDAP. This is of course all explained on http://php.net/ldap which you of course read before asking this, right?
> 2) What functionality and access is engaged by setting the --with-ldap option in > PHP configure? Is there any builtin support as there is for MySQL? Is this ldap > support for use with client LDAP or server LDAP or some hardwired standard port > interface connection? Is the ldap needed as middleware API for PHP because it has > none of its own? Adding --with-ldap adds support for a compatible LDAP client library which must be installed on your server. There is no built-in LDAP support in PHP just like there is no built-in support for most things in PHP. Most extensions rely on a 3rd-party library to implement the actual mechanism. > I'm baffled that an LDAP that responds properly to remote calls apparently can't > be used locally by PHP as evidenced by the compile failure. The two have nothing to do with each other. The fact that you have an LDAP server that works does not necessarily mean that you have the developer client libraries and header files installed for writing applications against that LDAP server. > Would someone please enlighten my darkness, if only to say: > 1) authoritatively something can't be done What can't be done? Write LDAP client apps in PHP? Of course it can. > 2) point me to a consultant that I could pay for authoritative help Sorry, I don't do consulting. -Rasmus -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
