LDAP to SQL conversion engine - through PHP. From Hierarchical to relational.
By : markpaget
Whilst working on the automatic production of web statistics - came across the following problem:
"How do I get relational data from an Hierarchical structure?"
It didn't take long to realize - I'd have to use PHP to talk to LDAP, pull off records & upload into a series of tables, using the cn as primary key. Which then could be queried relationally.
Pulling off large, queries and repeatedly transcending LDAP trees is pretty slow - so I built my LDAP to SQL engine, by flattening dns into table names. Then used PHP scripts to query & produce daily snap shots.
Then show me the code: http://wirl.united.net.kg/ldap_to_sql_php.html
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