ldap_count_values_len
LDAP_GET_VALUES(3) Library Functions Manual LDAP_GET_VALUES(3)
NAME
ldap_get_values, ldap_get_values_len, ldap_count_values - LDAP attri-
bute value handling routines
LIBRARY
OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, -lldap)
SYNOPSIS
#include <ldap.h>
char **ldap_get_values(ld, entry, attr)
LDAP *ld;
LDAPMessage *entry;
char *attr;
struct berval **ldap_get_values_len(ld, entry, attr)
LDAP *ld;
LDAPMessage *entry;
char *attr;
int ldap_count_values(vals)
char **vals;
int ldap_count_values_len(vals)
struct berval **vals;
void ldap_value_free(vals)
char **vals;
void ldap_value_free_len(vals)
struct berval **vals;
DESCRIPTION
These routines are used to retrieve and manipulate attribute values
from an LDAP entry as returned by ldap_first_entry(3) or ldap_next_en-
try(3). ldap_get_values() takes the entry and the attribute attr whose
values are desired and returns a NULL-terminated array of the attri-
bute's values. attr may be an attribute type as returned from
ldap_first_attribute(3) or ldap_next_attribute(3), or if the attribute
type is known it can simply be given.
The number of values in the array can be counted by calling
ldap_count_values(). The array of values returned can be freed by
calling ldap_value_free().
If the attribute values are binary in nature, and thus not suitable to
be returned as an array of char *'s, the ldap_get_values_len() routine
can be used instead. It takes the same parameters as ldap_get_val-
ues(), but returns a NULL-terminated array of pointers to berval struc-
tures, each containing the length of and a pointer to a value.
The number of values in the array can be counted by calling
ldap_count_values_len(). The array of values returned can be freed by
calling ldap_value_free_len().
ERRORS
If an error occurs in ldap_get_values() or ldap_get_values_len(), NULL
is returned and the ld_errno field in the ld parameter is set to indi-
cate the error. See ldap_error(3) for a description of possible error
codes.
NOTES
These routines dynamically allocate memory which the caller must free
using the supplied routines.
SEE ALSO
ldap(3), ldap_first_entry(3), ldap_first_attribute(3), ldap_error(3)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
<http://www.openldap.org/>. OpenLDAP Software is derived from the Uni-
versity of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
OpenLDAP 2020/01/30 LDAP_GET_VALUES(3)
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