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  <refentry id="function.ldap-first-attribute">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>ldap_first_attribute</refname>
    <refpurpose>Return first attribute</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>ldap_first_attribute</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>link_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>result_entry_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">ber_identifier</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns the first attribute in the entry on success and &false; on
     error.
    </para> 
    <para> 
     Similar to reading entries, attributes are also read one by one
     from a particular entry.
     <function>ldap_first_attribute</function> returns the first
     attribute in the entry pointed by the
     <parameter>result_entry_identifier</parameter>.
     Remaining attributes are retrieved by calling
     <function>ldap_next_attribute</function> successively.
     <parameter>ber_identifier</parameter> is the identifier to
     internal memory location pointer. It is passed by reference. The
     same <parameter>ber_identifier</parameter> is passed to the
     <function>ldap_next_attribute</function> function, which modifies
     that pointer.
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>ldap_get_attributes</function></para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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