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arvindh93/cakephp-ldap-utility
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Cakephp-ldap-utility plugin for CakePHP

v1.0(8y ago)04PHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Feb 21Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cakephp-ldap-auth plugin for CakePHP
====================================

[](#cakephp-ldap-auth-plugin-for-cakephp)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- CakePHP 3.1+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require arvindh93/Cakephp-ldap

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In your app's `config/bootstrap.php` add:

```
// In config/bootstrap.php
Plugin::load('LdapUtility');
```

or using cake's console:

```
./bin/cake plugin load LdapUtility
```

Configuration:
--------------

[](#configuration)

Basic configuration for creating ldap handler instance

```
	$config = [
		'host' => 'ldap.example.com',
        'port' => 389,
        'baseDn' => 'dc=example,dc=com',
        'startTLS' => true,
        'hideErrors' => true,
        'commonBindDn' => 'cn=readonly.user,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',
        'commonBindPassword' => 'secret'
	]
	$ldapHandler = new LdapUtility\Ldap($config);
```

Setup Ldap authentication config in Controller

```
    // In your controller, for e.g. src/Api/AppController.php
    public function initialize()
    {
        parent::initialize();

        $this->loadComponent('Auth', [
            'storage' => 'Memory',
            'authenticate', [
                'LdapUtility.Ldap' => [
					'host' => 'ldap.example.com',
			        'port' => 389,
			        'baseDn' => 'dc=example,dc=com',
			        'startTLS' => true,
			        'hideErrors' => true,
			        'commonBindDn' => 'cn=readonly.user,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com',
			        'commonBindPassword' => 'secret',
			        'fields' => [
			            'username' => 'cn',
			            'suffix' => 'ou=people,dc=test,dc=com'
			        ]
				]
            ],

            'unauthorizedRedirect' => false,
            'checkAuthIn' => 'Controller.initialize',
        ]);
    }
```

Usage:
------

[](#usage-1)

\#Creating Query object for Search/Read operation: Search - $ldapHandler->search() Read - $ldapHandler->read()

\#Operations on query object: select() - accepts an array of attributes to fetch from ldap entry setBaseDn() - accepts baseDn string defaults to config - baseDn where() - accepts filter string first() - execute the query and get the first entry details as array all() - executes the query and get all the possible entries as array

Example:
--------

[](#example)

Search for entry with cn starting with test

```
	$ldapHandler->search()
		->setBaseDn('ou=people,dc=example,dc=com')
		->select(['cn', 'sn', 'mail'])
		->where('cn=test*')
		->all()
```

Search for entry with cn starting with test and get first entry

```
	$ldapHandler->search()
		->setBaseDn('ou=people,dc=example,dc=com')
		->select(['cn', 'sn', 'mail'])
		->where('cn=test*')
		->first()
```

Read a particular entry with cn=test.user

```
	$ldapHandler->read()
		->setBaseDn('cn=test.user,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com')
		->select(['cn', 'sn', 'mail'])
		->where('cn=test.user')
		->first()
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3003d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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