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Functions that allow access to LDAP servers have two families of functions; these are synchronous and asynchronous functions. The synchronous functions have an _s as a suffix.
Asynchronous Synchronous ldap_simple_bindldap_simple_bind_sldap_search_extldap_search_ext_sldap_add_extldap_add_ext_sldap_modify_extldap_modify_ext_sldap_delete_extldap_delete_ext_s
The asynchronous functions allow the search to take place in background while some other work is being done. The synchronous functions block until a result is returned.
There is also a group of regular functions without the ext. The "ext" (extended) functions allow a timeout to be specified. This is useful when accessing remote LDAP servers that may be temporarily unavailable due to Internet connection problems or traffic volume.
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