Authenticating in PHP using LDAP through Active Directory

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I'm looking for a way to authenticate users through LDAP with PHP (with Active Directory being the provider). Ideally, it should be able to run on IIS 7 (adLDAP does it on Apache). Anyone had done anything similar, with success?

  • Edit: I'd prefer a library/class with code that's ready to go... It'd be silly to invent the wheel when someone has already done so.
ldap active-directory authentication php
6 Answers

Importing a whole library seems inefficient when all you need is essentially two lines of code...

$ldap = ldap_connect("ldap.example.com");
if ($bind = ldap_bind($ldap, $_POST['username'], $_POST['password'])) {
  // log them in!
} else {
  // error message
}
ceejayoz_19020100

I do this simply by passing the user credentials to ldap_bind().

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ldap-bind.php

If the account can bind to LDAP, it's valid; if it can't, it's not. If all you're doing is authentication (not account management), I don't see the need for a library.

Scott_Reynen_108370

I like the Zend_Ldap Class, you can use only this class in your project, without the Zend Framework.

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