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## 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 connectionecho "<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>";}?>