Module development and code questions

Hi,

I have searched the forums and cannot find much on this. I may be overlooking a feature already available through one or more modules but I don't think so. Here is what I want to do:

Hi,

I just downloaded ldap_integration module for Drupal 4.7, but it shows me this fatal error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ldap_connect() in D:\Program Files\wamp\www\drupal\modules\ldap_integration\ldap_integration\LDAPInterface.php on line 134.

I dont have any idea about this issue. Can anyone help me with this ASAP? It would be really useful to me..

Thanks,
Anelin

Hi there,

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