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ldap_delete

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

ldap_delete — Delete an entry from a directory

Description

ldap_delete ( resource $link_identifier , string $dn [, array $serverctrls = array() ] ) : bool

Deletes a particular entry in LDAP directory.

Parameters

link_identifier: An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect().
dn: The distinguished name of an LDAP entity.
serverctrls: Array of LDAP Controls to send with the request.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
7.3	Support for `serverctrls` added

User Contributed Notes 2 notes

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grossman at post dot cz ¶

1 year ago


Be aware! Operation not allowed on non-leaf.

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gabriel at hrz dot uni-marburg dot de ¶

17 years ago


Useful function to delete dn entries recursively

bool myldap_delete ( resource ds, string dn, bool recursive)

Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
recursive is by default FALSE (same behaviour as ldap_delete)

function myldap_delete($ds,$dn,$recursive=false){
    if($recursive == false){
        return(ldap_delete($ds,$dn));
    }else{
        //searching for sub entries
        $sr=ldap_list($ds,$dn,"ObjectClass=*",array(""));
        $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);
        for($i=0;$i<$info['count'];$i++){
            //deleting recursively sub entries
            $result=myldap_delete($ds,$info[$i]['dn'],$recursive);
            if(!$result){
                //return result code, if delete fails
                return($result);
            }
        }
        return(ldap_delete($ds,$dn));
    }
}

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