php-doc-en/reference/ldap/functions/ldap-exop-passwd.xml

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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ldap_exop_passwd</refname>
  <refpurpose>PASSWD extended operation helper</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>bool</type></type><methodname>ldap_exop_passwd</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>ldap</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>user</parameter><initializer>""</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>old_password</parameter><initializer>""</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>new_password</parameter><initializer>""</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter role="reference">controls</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Performs a PASSWD extended operation.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>ldap</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      &ldap.parameter.ldap;
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>user</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       dn of the user to change the password of.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>old_password</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       The old password of this user. May be ommited depending of server configuration.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>new_password</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       The new password for this user. May be omitted or empty to have a generated password.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>controls</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
       If provided, a password policy request control is send with the request and this is
       filled with an array of <link linkend="ldap.controls">LDAP Controls</link>
       returned with the request.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
    Returns the generated password if <parameter>new_password</parameter> is empty or omitted.
    Otherwise returns &true; on success and &false; on failure.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      &ldap.changelog.controls-nullable;
      <row>
       <entry>7.3</entry>
       <entry>
        Support for <parameter>controls</parameter> added
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>PASSWD extended operation</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$ds = ldap_connect("localhost");  // assuming the LDAP server is on this host

if ($ds) {
    // bind with appropriate dn to give update access
    $bind = ldap_bind($ds, "cn=root, o=My Company, c=US", "secret");
    if (!$bind) {
      echo "Unable to bind to LDAP server";
      exit;
    }

    // use PASSWD EXOP to change the user password for a generated one
    $genpw = ldap_exop_passwd($ds, "cn=root, o=My Company, c=US", "secret");
    if ($genpw) {
      // use the generated password to bind
      $bind = ldap_bind($ds, "cn=root, o=My Company, c=US", $genpw);
    }

    // set the password back to "secret"
    ldap_exop_passwd($ds, "cn=root, o=My Company, c=US", $genpw, "secret");

    ldap_close($ds);
} else {
    echo "Unable to connect to LDAP server";
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ldap_exop</function></member>
    <member><function>ldap_parse_exop</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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