Apache Directory studio ldap bind from php - apache

Question

I am new to Apache Directory Studio and ldap. I am running a ldap server from Apache Directory studio. I have a user in ldap and i am trying to bind to the uid from a php script.Not sure where i am going wrong.
I am using username as "uid=admin,ou=user"
password as "secret"
I also tried username as "uid=arone_a,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
and password as "password"
Password attribute was set manually and arone_a is the user uid.
I am trying to write a php script which can pull all users in the ldap server.
Thanks in advance.
My PHP script is:
$ldaphost = "localhost";
$ldapport = 10389;
$ldaprdn='uid=admin,ou=system';
$ldappass='secret';
$ldapconn = ldap_connect($ldaphost, $ldapport)
or die("Could not connect to $ldaphost");
if($ldapconn)
{
$ldapbind=ldap_bind($ldapconn,$ldaprdn,$ldappass);
if($ldapbind)
{
echo "success";
}
else
{
echo "not success";
}
}
Connection goes through but bind is not going through.

Answer 1

I was having a similar issue and the problem was that I added to the userPassword attribute an additional param specifying the language, resulting in userPassword;lang-ca-ES (the wizard shows a form to add it).
That provoked that using Apache Directory Studio the "Verify" was working good, but it failed in the "Bind" check (you can do both in the password editor, double clicking the userPassword attribute.
I finally left userPassword without additional attributes and it binded perfectly :)

Answer 2

Just add the ldap set option, it worked for me
<?php
$ldaphost = "localhost";
$ldapport = 10389;
$ldaprdn='uid=admin,ou=system';
$ldappass='secret';
$ldapconn = ldap_connect($ldaphost, $ldapport)
or die("Could not connect to $ldaphost");
if($ldapconn) {
ldap_set_option($ldapconn, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);
$ldapbind=ldap_bind($ldapconn,$ldaprdn,$ldappass);
if($ldapbind) {
echo "success";
} else {
echo "not success";
}
}
?>

Answer 3

The simple BIND request requires the DN, not the RDN. Should your BIND DN be something like uid=admin,ou=system,dc=example,dc=com?
see also
LDAP: Authentication best practices
LDAP: Programming practices