/*
** Function: compareEntry
** This function compares two entries for
** the purpose of sorting.
*/
function compareEntry($left, $right)
{
$ln = strcmp($left["last"], $right["last"]);
if($ln == 0)
{
return(strcmp($left["first"],
$right["first"]));
}
else
{
return($ln);
}
}
//connect to LDAP server
if(!($ldap=ldap_connect("ldap.php.net")))
{
die("Could not connect to LDAP server!");
}
//set up search criteria
$dn = "dc=php, dc=net";
$filter = "sn=Atkinson";
$attributes = array("givenname", "sn");
//perform search
if(!($result = ldap_search($ldap, $dn, $filter, $attributes)))
{
die("Nothing Found!");
}
//get all the entries
$entry = ldap_get_entries($ldap, $result);
print("There are " . $entry["count"] . " people.<br />\n");
//pull names out into array so we can sort them
for($i=0; $i < $entry["count"]; $i++)
{
//Note how we only use the first entry. This
//code assumes people only have one first name,
//and one last name.
$person[$i]["first"] = $entry[$i]["givenname"][0];
$person[$i]["last"] = $entry[$i]["sn"][0];
}
//sort by last name, then first name using
//compareEntry (defined above)
usort($person, "compareEntry");
//loop over each entry
for($i=0; $i < $entry["count"]; $i++)
{
print($person[$i]["first"] . " " .
$person[$i]["last"] . "<br />\n");
}
//free memory used by search
ldap_free_result($result);
