PASSWD extended operation helper

# ldap_exop_passwd

(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0)

ldap_exop_passwd — PASSWD extended operation helper

### Description

ldap_exop_passwd ( resource `$link` [, string `$user` = "" [, string `$oldpw` = "" [, string `$newpw` = "" [, array `&$serverctrls` ]]]] ) : mixed

Performs a PASSWD extended operation.

### Liste de paramètres

`link`

  An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect().

`user`

  dn of the user to change the password of.

`oldpw`

  The old password of this user. May be ommited depending of server configuration.

`newpw`

  The new password for this user. May be omitted or empty to have a generated password.

`serverctrls`

  If provided, a password policy request control is send with the request and this is filled with an array of LDAP Controls returned with the request.

### Valeurs de retour

Returns the generated password if `newpw` is empty or omitted. Otherwise returns `TRUE` on success and `FALSE` on failure.

### Historique

Version | Description
--- | ---
7.3 | Support for `serverctrls` added

### Exemples

Exemple #1 PASSWD extended operation

`<?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";
}
?>`

### Voir aussi

- ldap_exop() - Performs an extended operation
- ldap_parse_exop() - Parse result object from an LDAP extended operation