Getting information from the LDAP server
RootDSE
See the following documents for more information on the attributes contained within the RootDSE for a given LDAP server.
OpenLDAP
Microsoft ActiveDirectory
Novell eDirectory
Getting hands on the RootDSE
getRootDse();
$serverType = $rootdse->getServerType();
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Schema Browsing
Getting hands on the server schema
getSchema();
$classes = $schema->getObjectClasses();
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OpenLDAP
ActiveDirectory
Schema browsing on ActiveDirectory servers
Due to restrictions on Microsoft ActiveDirectory servers regarding the number of entries returned by generic search routines and due to the structure of the ActiveDirectory schema repository, schema browsing is currently not available for Microsoft ActiveDirectory servers.