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<h1 class="refname">ldap_explode_dn</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ldap_explode_dn</span> — <span class="dc-title">Splits DN into its component parts</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ldap_explode_dn</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$dn</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$with_attrib</code></span>
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Splits the DN returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.ldap-get-dn.html" class="function">ldap_get_dn()</a></span> and breaks it
up into its component parts. Each part is known as Relative Distinguished
Name, or RDN.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">dn</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The distinguished name of an LDAP entity.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">with_attrib</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Used to request if the RDNs are returned with only values or their
attributes as well. To get RDNs with the attributes (i.e. in
attribute=value format) set <em><code class="parameter">with_attrib</code></em> to 0
and to get only values set it to 1.
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</dd>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns an array of all DN components.
The first element in this array has <em>count</em> key and
represents the number of returned values, next elements are numerically
indexed DN components.
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