#15637 [Opn->Csd]: if using URI, ldap_connect() returns resource ID when server do

ID:               15637
Updated by:       vrana@php.net
Reported By:      cjm46543 at hotmail dot com
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Closed
Bug Type:         Documentation problem
Operating System: Linux - RedHat 7.2
PHP Version:      4.4.0-dev


Previous Comments:
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[2004-11-30 23:02:42] nigel at cofa dot unsw dot edu dot au

Please delete my comment above.

I found the best solution for me was that I could test
whether I could do ldap_start_tls($myconnection), and
although this isn't perfect, works well enough for me
and is almost equivalent to testing whether the server
is available.

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[2004-11-30 22:41:29] nigel at cofa dot unsw dot edu dot au

So there is no way if we are using OpenLDAP to
distinguish betweeen:

* server is up and pingable
* LDAP server is running

?

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[2004-08-05 07:58:25] philip@php.net

I added sniper's comments to the ldap_connect() docs but am leaving
this bug report open until a doc member more familiar with LDAP can
close out this bug.  Here's the commit:

http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/.../>
=1.4&r2=1.5


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[2004-07-06 14:31:52] mitteljc at e-i dot com

My solution was to go one step further by using 'ldap_bind' to test the
connection :
$ds=ldap_connect("titi.tata.net");
$r=@ldap_bind($ds,"cn=toto","tutu");
if ($r) {
bla bla bla
}
else die("LDAP server not accessed !");
The '@' before 'ldap_bind' disables Warning dysplay.

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[2004-05-03 17:33:57] sanjay_ichalkaranje at yahoo dot com

I was trying to test my code which supposed to tell me whether a LDAP
server is alive and rechable or not. But no matter what IP address I
specified in ldap_connect it returned a valid resource.

I found a way out by first pinging the server to know whether its alive
and then trying to bind to know whether it is running LDAP.

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