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phpds/ldap
==========

A Pure PHP LDAP library

0.8.1(2mo ago)1577618[2 issues](https://github.com/FreeDSx/LDAP/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/FreeDSx/LDAP/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.1CI failing

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[](#freedsx-ldap---)

FreeDSx LDAP is a pure PHP LDAP library. It has no requirement on the core PHP LDAP extension. This library currently implements most client functionality described in [RFC 4511](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4511) and some very limited LDAP server functionality. It also implements some other client features from various RFCs:

- Paging Control Support ([RFC 2696](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2696))
- VLV Control Support ([draft-ietf-ldapext-ldapv3-vlv-09](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-ldapext-ldapv3-vlv-09.txt))
- Server Side Sort Control ([RFC 2891](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2891))
- Password Modify Request ([RFC 3062](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3062))
- String Representation of Search Filters ([RFC 4515](https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc4515))
- SASL authentication / integrity layer support for certain mechanisms ([RFC 4513](https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc4513))

It supports encryption of the LDAP connection through TLS via the OpenSSL extension if available.

Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

- [LDAP Client](/docs/Client)
    - [Configuration](/docs/Client/Configuration.md)
    - [SASL Bind Authentication](/docs/Client/SASL-Bind-Authentication.md)
    - [General Usage](/docs/Client/General-Usage.md)
    - [Entries](/docs/Client/Entries.md)
    - [Operations](/docs/Client/Operations.md)
    - [Controls](/docs/Client/Controls.md)
    - [Searching and Filters](/docs/Client/Searching-and-Filters.md)
    - [Range Retrieval](/docs/Client/Range-Retrieval.md)
    - [DirSync](/docs/Client/DirSync.md)
- [LDAP Server](/docs/Server)
    - [Configuration](/docs/Server/Configuration.md)
    - [General Usage](/docs/Server/General-Usage.md)

Getting Started
===============

[](#getting-started)

Install via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/):

```
composer require freedsx/ldap
```

Use the LdapClient class and the helper classes:

```
use FreeDSx\Ldap\LdapClient;
use FreeDSx\Ldap\Operations;
use FreeDSx\Ldap\Search\Filters;

$ldap = new LdapClient([
    # Servers are tried in order until one connects
    'servers' => ['dc1', 'dc2'],
    # The base_dn is used as the default for searches
    'base_dn' => 'dc=example,dc=local'
]);

# Encrypt the connection prior to binding
$ldap->startTls();

# Bind to LDAP with a specific user.
$ldap->bind('user@example.local', '12345');

# Build up a LDAP filter using the helper methods
$filter = Filters::and(
    Filters::equal('objectClass', 'user'),
    Filters::startsWith('cn', 'S'),
    # Add a filter object based off a raw string filter...
    Filters::raw('(telephoneNumber=*)')
);
# Create a search operation to be used based on the above filter
$search = Operations::search($filter, 'cn');

# Create a paged search, 100 results at a time
$paging = $ldap->paging($search, 100);

while ($paging->hasEntries()) {
    $entries = $paging->getEntries();
    var_dump(count($entries));

    foreach ($entries as $entry) {
        echo "Entry: ".$entry->getDn().PHP_EOL;
    }
}
```

CRUD Operations:
================

[](#crud-operations)

- [Create](#create)
- [Read](#read)
- [Update](#update)
- [Delete](#delete)

Create
------

[](#create)

```
use FreeDSx\Ldap\Entry\Entry;
use FreeDSx\Ldap\Exception\OperationException;

# Create a new LDAP entry object
$entry = (new Entry('cn=foo,dc=domain,dc=local'))
   ->set('objectClass','top', 'group')
   ->set('sAMAccountName', 'foo');

# Create the entry with the LDAP client
try {
    $ldap->create($entry);
} catch (OperationException $e) {
    echo sprintf('Error adding entry (%s): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage()).PHP_EOL;
}
```

Read
----

[](#read)

```
# Use the read() method of the LDAP client to search for a specific entry.
# Optionally pass an array of attributes to select as the second argument.
$entry = $ldap->read('cn=foo,dc=domain,dc=local');

# Entry will be null if it doesn't exist
if ($entry) {
    echo $entry.PHP_EOL;
    var_dump($entry->toArray());
}
```

Update
------

[](#update)

```
use FreeDSx\Ldap\Exception\OperationException;

# Search for an entry object to get its current attributes / values
$entry = $ldap->read('cn=foo,dc=domain,dc=local');

# Add a value to an attribute
if (!$entry->get('telephoneNumber')) {
    $entry->add('telephoneNumber', '555-5555');
}
# Remove any values an attribute may have
if ($entry->has('title')) {
    $entry->reset('title');
}
# Delete a specific value for an attribute
if ($entry->get('ipPhone')->has('12345')) {
    $entry->delete('ipPhone', '12345');
}
# Set a value for an attribute. This replaces any value it may, or may not, have.
$entry->set('description', 'Employee');

# Send the built up changes back to LDAP to update the entry via the LDAP client update method.
try {
    $ldap->update($entry);
} catch (OperationException $e) {
    echo sprintf('Error modifying entry (%s): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage()).PHP_EOL;;
}
```

Delete
------

[](#delete)

```
use FreeDSx\Ldap\Exception\OperationException;

# Search for the entry object to delete
$entry = $ldap->read('cn=foo,dc=domain,dc=local');

# Pass the entry object to the delete method of the LDAP client if it was found.
# You could also pass a DN object or a simple DN as a string.
if ($entry) {
    try {
        $ldap->delete($entry);
    } catch (OperationException $e) {
        echo sprintf('Error deleting entry (%s): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage()).PHP_EOL;;
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.4% 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

Every ~310 days

Recently: every ~398 days

Total

11

Last Release

66d ago

Major Versions

0.8.0 → 1.0.x-dev2025-11-30

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=7.1

1.0.x-devPHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/388229?v=4)[Chad Sikorra](/maintainers/ChadSikorra)[@ChadSikorra](https://github.com/ChadSikorra)

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Top Contributors

[![ChadSikorra](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/388229?v=4)](https://github.com/ChadSikorra "ChadSikorra (299 commits)")[![HenkPoley](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2931213?v=4)](https://github.com/HenkPoley "HenkPoley (4 commits)")[![jstormes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2112702?v=4)](https://github.com/jstormes "jstormes (1 commits)")

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Tags

activedirectoryldapldap-clientldap-serveropenldapphpldapopenldapactivedirectory

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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