PHP Manual: Sort LDAP result entries

Description

bool ldap_sort ( resource $link , resource $result , string $sortfilter )

Sort the result of a LDAP search, returned by ldap_search.

Parameters

link: An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect.
result: An search result identifier, returned by ldap_search.
sortfilter: The attribute to use as a key in the sort.

Examples

Sorting the the result of a search.

Example #1 LDAP sort


<?php
     // $ds is a valid link identifier (see ldap_connect)

     $dn        = 'ou=example,dc=org';
     $filter    = '(|(sn=Doe*)(givenname=John*))';
     $justthese = array('ou', 'sn', 'givenname', 'mail');

     $sr = ldap_search($ds, $dn, $filter, $justthese);

     // Sort
     ldap_sort($ds, $sr, 'sn');

     // Retrieving the data
     $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);