$_POST Data to ldap_search()

ckoniecny · 03-08-2006, 03:08 PM

Here is my dilemma. I cannot get the ldap_search() below to accept the POST'ed data from the HTML code below. Whats the deal?

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TEST</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form action="ldapsearch.php" method="POST" />
Employee name: <input type="text" name="Employee_Name" /><br>
<input type="submit" />
</BODY>
</HTML>

PHP Code:



$ldap_usr = ldap_search($ldap_con, 'dc=ods,dc=annarbornews,dc=com', $_POST['Employee_Name']);

What am I doing wrong?

xhi · 03-08-2006, 05:02 PM

it may be that you never close your form.. </form>

edit> and also the open tag for the form should read
<form action="ldapsearch.php" method="POST">
not
<form action="ldapsearch.php" method="POST" />

Hko · 03-08-2006, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ckoniecny

Here is my dilemma. I cannot get the ldap_search() below to accept the POST'ed data from the HTML code below. Whats the deal?

PHP Code:



$ldap_usr = ldap_search($ldap_con, 'dc=ods,dc=annarbornews,dc=com', $_POST['Employee_Name']);

What am I doing wrong?

You should follow ldap-filter syntax for the third argument of ldapsearch():

Code:

$ldap_usr = ldap_search($ldap_con, 'dc=ods,dc=annarbornews,dc=com', '(cn=' . $_POST['Employee_Name'] . ')');