How to get thumbnailPhoto from Active Directory ? php - php

Question

I have this code :
if (TRUE === ldap_bind($ldap_connection, $ldap_username, $ldap_password)){
$ldap_base_dn = 'DC=xx,dc=xx,dc=xx';
$search_filter = '(&(objectCategory=person)(samaccountname=*))';
$attributes = array();
$attributes[] = 'givenname';
$attributes[] = 'mail';
$attributes[] = 'samaccountname';
$attributes[] = 'ipphone';
$attributes[] = 'thumbnailPhoto';
$result = ldap_search($ldap_connection, $ldap_base_dn, $search_filter, $attributes);
if (FALSE !== $result){
$entries = ldap_get_entries($ldap_connection, $result);
for ($x=0; $x<$entries['count']; $x++){
if (!empty($entries[$x]['givenname'][0]) &&
!empty($entries[$x]['mail'][0]) &&
!empty($entries[$x]['samaccountname'][0]) &&
!empty($entries[$x]['ipphone'][0]) &&
'Shop' !== $entries[$x]['ipphone'][0] &&
'Account' !== $entries[$x]['ipphone'][0]){
$ad_users[strtoupper(trim($entries[$x]['samaccountname'][0]))] = array('email' => strtolower(trim($entries[$x]['mail'][0])),'first_name' => trim($entries[$x]['givenname'][0]),'phone' => trim($entries[$x]['ipphone'][0]), 'photo' => trim ($entries[$x]['thumbnailPhoto'][0]));
}
}
}
ldap_unbind($ldap_connection);
}
echo json_encode($ad_users);
I get only null for thumbnailPhoto .
How to handle this kind of data ? Can I get the url of this photo ?
I'm developing iOS app and sending employee data using json in php but how can I send this thumbnailPhoto also with each employee in json?

Answer 1

You have to use the attribute 'thumbnailphoto' and not 'thumbnailPhoto' (without capital letter).
Then in your $ad_users array you have to convert to base64 insted of trim :
'photo' => base64_encode ($entries[$x]['thumbnailPhoto'][0])