BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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well, my previous post is in nirvana, so here we go again. ;)

I am currently working on getting PMF in my company and we wanted a tight integration with our Active Directory. In order to do so, I had to make some changes. The attached patch works against the current 2.5.0-stable release and does the following:

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* FIX: blank screen, if LDAP-server is unreachable
* adds support for LDAP-datamapping, e.g. against an ADS. --> see inc/dataldap.php
* adds support for multi-domain-authentication, e.g. against an ADS-Global Catalog (users may login with "DOMAIN\username"). --> see inc/dataldap.php
* adds support for php-ldap-options, e.g. for ldap-protocol or referral-handling. see inc/dataldap.php
The patch will override your current configuration, so ONLY USE AGAINST AN UNPACKED fresh package without having run the installer.
No interfaces have been made incompatible with the 2.5.0-release, however I had to add an optional field in the Auth-handler to allow the multi-domain-feature.

Please provide feedback, if the patch works in your configuration.

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Lars
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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi Lars,

thank you very much!!!

I'll check your patch!

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi,
derLars wrote:No interfaces have been made incompatible with the 2.5.0-release, however I had to add an optional field in the Auth-handler to allow the multi-domain-feature.
I added your patch to phpMyFAQ 2.5.1 and 2.6.0-alpha. I have to fix some issues because you broke the AuthDriver interface but no problems with that.

One thing is missing:
I have to extend the install script so that the options can be added easily.

My plan for phpMyFAQ 2.6.0 is to move some things from dataldap.php to the configuration table.

Please check the stable snapshot tomorrow if everything is still working.

Thanks a lot for your work!

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi,

I moved the special LDAP configuration to the file constants_ldap.php in the folder inc/. I also added some more LDAP information in our documentation.

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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right, I forgot to add that file while preparing the directory for the patch - sorry.

I would prefer if we would keep the config together somehow. Right now there are four places for configurations, which do not have a speaking name. And while the database-based configuration is nice for moving the installation somewhere else, I would prefer a seperate config-folder instead of the inc/...-configuration files. Further enhancements would then have an easier configuration, since they could provide their own configuration file (e.g. for a PMF_Auth_Radius there would be a config/radius.php, for the PMF_Auth_Ldap there would be a config/ldap.php). Non-basic-configuration could still be in the database if you think that this has more advantages over the loss of usability.

What do you think?

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi,

yes, but this is something for version 2.6 and not 2.5.x. :-)

My idea would a complete refactoring of the configuration stuff for version 2.6 and moving all configuration related files to a new folder, e.g. "config".

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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I totally dig that proposal. :mrgreen:

On another question: could you tell me what you do not like about Smarty?
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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi,
derLars wrote:On another question: could you tell me what you do not like about Smarty?
I don't like logic in a template engine.

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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well, but following an MVC-pattern, the displaylogic should be in the view-module, while the data from the controllers is in raw-format. This really allows much higher flexibility, e.g. how many new articles should be shown in the sidebar (which should only concern the view-module). Most templates in wordpress e.g. would not be possible without some logic in the view.

How about a tradeoff: we work towards a greater modularization (which you wanted to do anyways as you said in an earlier post), thus allowing the use of different view-engines. The default remains the current module, but those who want more flexibility may use another engine. How about that?
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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi,

my goal is to move phpMyFAQ towards to a MVC design pattern. The current state is because of the age of phpMyFAQ which was started in 2001 as a PHP 3 application. Every major release is also a refactored version with new features and new architecture improvements. But it's a long way. :-)

For example the goals for 2.6 are the migration to UTF-8 and more refactoring and even more object orientation.

Help is always welcome! You can also write me an email or contact me via Skype.

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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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hmm, alright... How is your opinion about using frameworks like the Zend Framework as a far goal? I've been developing with ZF for two years now and am always surprised over the speed of development and the minimal performance loss.
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Re: BUGFIX: adds more flexible LDAP-configuration

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Hi,

I'm working for the biggest PHP company in Germany. We're also working with ZF for 3 years now.

Sure, it would be possible to implement something like phpMyFAQ upon a existing framework like ZF but it would take too long and I'm doing phpMyFAQ in my spare time for fun.

I know that I re-invent the wheel for many times with phpMyFAQ but it's okay for me. :-)

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