RE: [PHP] RE: Address book - LDAP or MySQL?

On 6/29/07, Jay Blanchard <jblanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]
As I understand it, LDAP and MySQL offer two different ways
of setting up a networked address book.
So I take it they can be compared as far as that is concerned.

Actually, I normally run Linux, so Active Directory
would not be a priority for me.

I didn't say LDAP was a database.
However, the principal usage of LDAP, as far as I can see
(by googling for LDAP) is in fact
to set up a network address book of some kind.
It may be used for other purposes,
but they are not really relevant to my enquiry.
[/snip]

PHP/MySQL/LDAP integration is something I've been thinking about for a
little while too.

I've built a CRM system in PHP with a MySQL database and would like the
contact info to be available to our users in their email programs. LDAP
seems a good (the only?) option for this due to support in Outlook etc.

From my understanding, LDAP is just a defined protocol for accessing
directory data. The data must be stored somewhere else, in my case the MySQL
database.

In order to access the data using a LDAP, you need to set-up an LDAP server
(e.g. OpenLDAP). What I haven't looked into much yet is how to interface the
LDAP server to the MySQL database...

I know this isn't too helpful to the OP's question - just wanted to register
my interest in the topic and (hopefully) stimulate conversation.

Edward
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