Ed, Im not sure if OpenLDAP or other can use a different backed, such as MySQL. I suspect there would be a server to support this, but it would almost certainly define the table structure in the database of choice. From the sound of it there are ways to change the information model of X.500 (when using OpenLDAP) to manipulate the structure of the internal database, but telling the LDAP server to use a different database seems to be out of the question. this, based upon some light research this morning. if you want to expose an LDAP layer to clients of the CRM application you would likely have to batch some sort of import process to a new LDAP server installation. Also, you would have to support synchronization of the data in the LDAP servers database and the MySQL database of your CRM application using the LDAP as an interface. plus i dont think its too far off OP's topic, because this is something that would have to be considered in the LDAP implementation he was curious about in the first place. -nathan On 6/29/07, Edward Kay <edward@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 6/29/07, Jay Blanchard <jblanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > As I understand it, LDAP and MySQL offer two different ways > > of setting up a networked address book. > > So I take it they can be compared as far as that is concerned. > > > > Actually, I normally run Linux, so Active Directory > > would not be a priority for me. > > > > I didn't say LDAP was a database. > > However, the principal usage of LDAP, as far as I can see > > (by googling for LDAP) is in fact > > to set up a network address book of some kind. > > It may be used for other purposes, > > but they are not really relevant to my enquiry. > > [/snip] PHP/MySQL/LDAP integration is something I've been thinking about for a little while too. I've built a CRM system in PHP with a MySQL database and would like the contact info to be available to our users in their email programs. LDAP seems a good (the only?) option for this due to support in Outlook etc. From my understanding, LDAP is just a defined protocol for accessing directory data. The data must be stored somewhere else, in my case the MySQL database. In order to access the data using a LDAP, you need to set-up an LDAP server (e.g. OpenLDAP). What I haven't looked into much yet is how to interface the LDAP server to the MySQL database... I know this isn't too helpful to the OP's question - just wanted to register my interest in the topic and (hopefully) stimulate conversation. Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
