Can I suggest calling it Zend_Ldap_Extended instead? In the PHP world "ext" implies "PHP extension", e.g., ext/ldap. "Extended" would remove any possible confusion about its purpose. -Matt
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Stefan Gehrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > after having been accepted for Zend Standard Incubator development the > proposed extended Zend_Ldap component (formerly known as Zend_Ldap_Ext) has > been moved to the Standard Incubator for further development. > > Overview: > The existing Zend_Ldap component currently just responds to authentication > use cases in all their varieties. There is no posibility to query a LDAP > directory service in a unified and consistent way. The current component > also lacks core CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update and Delete) functionality - > operations that are crucial to for example database abstraction layers. > This proposals tries to resolve these deficiencies in that it provides a > simple two-ply object oriented model to connect to, query and perfom CRUD > operations on an LDAP server. The first layer is a wrapper around the > ext/ldap functions, spiced up with extended functionality such as copying > and moving (renaming in a LDAP context) nodes and subtrees. > The second layer (Zend_Ldap_Node) provides an active-record-like interface > to LDAP entries and stresses the tree-structure of LDAP data in providing > (recursive) tree traversal methods. > To simplify the usage of the unfamiliar LDAP filter syntax this components > proposes an object oriented approach to LDAP filter string generation, > which > can loosely be compared to Zend_Db_Select. > Usefull helper classes for creating and modifying LDAP DNs and converting > attribute values complete this component. > Furthermore it is possible to do some LDAP schema browsing and to read and > write LDIF files. > It is important to note, that this proposal is a complete replacement for > the current Zend_Ldap component and does not break backwards-compatibility. > > For further information please take a look at the proposal page: > > http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Extended+Zend_Ldap+Proposal+-+ > Stefan+Gehrig > > The next development step will be to separate the ext/ldap function calls > from the core component and move them into an own adapter class to allow > for > other adapters (e.g. testing adapter with no real LDAP connection) to be > attached to a Zend_Ldap object. > > Feel free to try and test the component - feedback is always appreciated! > I'm especially interested in tests against other LDAP servers than > OpenLDAP, > which is the only one currently available to me for development. > > Best regards > > Stefan > > -- > Stefan Gehrig > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
