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LDAP_GET_VALUES(3)	   Library Functions Manual	    LDAP_GET_VALUES(3)

NAME
       ldap_get_values,	 ldap_get_values_len,  ldap_count_values  -  LDAP  at-
       tribute 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  at-
       tribute'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 2.6.9			  2024/11/26		    LDAP_GET_VALUES(3)

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