How persistent are LDAP connections which are not closed with ldap_close() or ldap_unbind()?
I am trying to re-use an LDAP link identifier by doing an open, binding as something, saving the LID in a $_SESSION variable, *not* closing the LDAP link, and then using the LID in another script invocation which has rejoined the session to get the LID and use it for additional LDAP searches (after all, why keep rebinding?) However, it seems -- based on tcpdumps, sockets states, and the LDAP server logs -- that the LDAP connection is *always* closed (ie unbind is done by PHP) invariably, once the script finishes; there is no way to eg have the PHP session retain a user's credentials that have already been used in a BIND operation, and maintain the BIND to let the session keep re-using it. I am using 4.2.2 but I have looked at the diff between it and the latest release candidate, and don't see any changes which might affect this behavior. Anyone know if this is expected behavior, and also if it is designed behavior? Seems silly to me to keep rebinding when a user might be invoking several scripts over the course of a session, all with the same bind credentials. Thanks for any info. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
