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PHP

Avaronnan Abhinesh
Avaronnan Abhinesh
193 Points
Posted by Avaronnan Abhinesh
Avaronnan Abhinesh
193 Points

LDAP Authentication using PHP

when I use normal procedure, I get the ldap_connect('hostname') connected to any hostname. Even when I give the wrong server name and wrong port number. why is that so. Also the ldap_bind() always fails.

Code Sample:

$username = 'username';
$password = 'password';
$ldapconfig['host'] = "hostname";
$ldapconfig['port'] = NORMAL/SSL Port; // which one to use?
$ldapconfig['basedn'] = ',dc=XXX,dc=YYY,dc=com';


$ds=ldap_connect($ldapconfig['host'], $ldapconfig['port']);
if(!ds) {

    echo "Unable to connect to:";
    echo $ldapconfig['host'];
}else{
    echo "Connected";//Always shows connected :(
}
ldap_set_option($ds, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);
ldap_set_option($ds, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, 0);

$dn=$ldapconfig['basedn'];
$bind=ldap_bind($ds, 'cn='. $username . $ldapconfig['basedn'], $password);
if (!$bind) {
    // Nope! Always fail
    echo "\r\nBinding FAILED\r\n";
    echo "\r \n " + ldap_errno($ds);
    echo "\r \n " + ldap_error($ds);

}else{
    echo "\r\nBinding works\r\n";
}