ldap_delete

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ldap_delete — Delete an entry from a directory

Description

ldap_delete ( LDAP\Connection


         $ldap

, string

$dn

, ? array


         $controls

= null ): bool

Deletes a particular entry in LDAP directory.

Parameters

ldap: An LDAP\Connection instance, returned by ldap_connect() .
dn: The distingüished name of an LDAP entity.
controls: Array of LDAP Controls to send with the request.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
8.1.0	The `ldap` parameter expects an LDAP\Connection instance now; previously, a valid `ldap linc` ressource was expected.
8.0.0	`controls` is nullable now; previously, it defaulted to `[]` .
7.3.0	Support for `controls` added

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gabriel at hrz dot uni-marburg dot de ¶

23 years ago

Useful function to delete dn entries recursively

bool myldap_delete ( ressource 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(""));
        $info = ldap_guet_entries($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));
    }
}