Installation¶

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$ composer require symfony/ldap

Alternatively, you can clone the https://github.com/symfony/ldap repository.

Usage¶

The Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap class provides methods to authenticate and query against an LDAP server.

The Ldap class uses an Symfony\Component\Ldap\Adapter\AdapterInterface to communicate with an LDAP server. The adapter for PHP’s built-in LDAP extension, for example, can be configured using the following options:

host

IP or hostname of the LDAP server

port

Port used to access the LDAP server

version

The version of the LDAP protocol to use

encryption

The encryption protocol: ssl, tls or none (default)

connection_string

You may use this option instead of host and port to connect to the LDAP server

optReferrals

Specifies whether to automatically follow referrals returned by the LDAP server

options

LDAP server’s options as defined in ConnectionOptions

For example, to connect to a start-TLS secured LDAP server:

use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap;

$ldap = Ldap::create('ext_ldap', array(
    'host' => 'my-server',
    'encryption' => 'ssl',
));

Or you could directly specify a connection string:

use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap;

$ldap = Ldap::create('ext_ldap', array('connection_string' => 'ldaps://my-server:636'));

The bind() method authenticates a previously configured connection using both the distinguished name (DN) and the password of a user:

use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap;
// ...

$ldap->bind($dn, $password);

Once bound (or if you enabled anonymous authentication on your LDAP server), you may query the LDAP server using the query() method:

use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap;
// ...

$query = $ldap->query('dc=symfony,dc=com', '(&(objectclass=person)(ou=Maintainers))');
$results = $query->execute();

foreach ($results as $entry) {
    // Do something with the results
}

By default, LDAP entries are lazy-loaded. If you wish to fetch all entries in a single call and do something with the results’ array, you may use the toArray() method:

use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap;
// ...

$query = $ldap->query('dc=symfony,dc=com', '(&(objectclass=person)(ou=Maintainers))');
$results = $query->execute()->toArray();

// Do something with the results array

Creating or Updating Entries¶

The Ldap component provides means to create new LDAP entries, update or even delete existing ones:

use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Ldap;
use Symfony\Component\Ldap\Entry;
// ...

$entry = new Entry('cn=Fabien Potencier,dc=symfony,dc=com', array(
    'sn' => array('fabpot'),
    'objectClass' => array('inetOrgPerson'),
));

$entryManager = $ldap->getEntryManager();

// Creating a new entry
$entryManager->add($entry);

// Finding and updating an existing entry
$query = $ldap->query('dc=symfony,dc=com', '(&(objectclass=person)(ou=Maintainers))');
$result = $query->execute();
$entry = $result[0];
$entry->setAttribute('email', array('[email protected]'));
$entryManager->update($entry);

// Removing an existing entry
$entryManager->remove(new Entry('cn=Test User,dc=symfony,dc=com'));