php man page for ldap_count_entries

LDAP_COUNT_ENTRIES(3)							 1						     LDAP_COUNT_ENTRIES(3)

ldap_count_entries - Count the number of entries in a search

SYNOPSIS
       int ldap_count_entries (resource  $link_identifier, resource  $result_identifier)

DESCRIPTION
	Returns the number of entries stored in the result of previous search operations.

PARAMETERS
	      o $link_identifier
		- An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect(3).

	      o $result_identifier
		- The internal LDAP result.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns number of entries in the result or FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      ldap-count-entries(3) example

	       Retrieve number of entries in the result.

	      // $ds is a valid link identifier (see ldap_connect)

		   $dn	      = 'ou=example,dc=org';
		   $filter    = '(|(sn=Doe*)(givenname=John*))';
		   $justthese = array('ou', 'sn', 'givenname', 'mail');

		   $sr = ldap_search($ds, $dn, $filter, $justthese);

		   var_dump(ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr));

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      int(1)

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