diff --git a/reference/ldap/functions/ldap-connect.xml b/reference/ldap/functions/ldap-connect.xml
index d933d659ef..25f055a81d 100644
--- a/reference/ldap/functions/ldap-connect.xml
+++ b/reference/ldap/functions/ldap-connect.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/ldap.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.ldap-connect">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -35,6 +35,42 @@
       URL and SSL support were added in 4.0.4.
      </simpara>
     </note>
+    <example>
+     <title>Example of connecting to LDAP server.</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+// LDAP variables
+$ldaphost = "ldap.example.com";  // your ldap servers
+$ldapport = 389;                 // your ldap server's port number
+
+// Connecting to LDAP
+$ldapconn = ldap_connect( $ldaphost, $ldapport ) 
+          or die( "Could not connect to {$ldaphost}" );
+
+?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
+    <example>
+     <title>Example of connecting securely to LDAP server.</title>
+     <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+// make sure your host is the correct one
+// that you issued your secure certificate to
+$ldaphost = "ldaps://ldap.example.com/";
+
+// Connecting to LDAP
+$ldapconn = ldap_connect( $ldaphost ) 
+          or die( "Could not connect to {$ldaphost}" );
+
+?>
+]]>
+     </programlisting>
+    </example>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>