From bc140271bcfaa3091f5c16a3fcb1edb24908696a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carsten Wolff <wolffc@alumni.egroupware.org>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 09:55:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added escape-function for ldap-queries - will be used by
 contacts soon

---
 phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php
index 9cb97da247..31e772b296 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php
@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@
 			return $retValue;
 		}
 
+		/*!
+		@function ldap_addslashes
+		@abstract escapes a string for use in searchfilters meant for ldap_search.
+		Escaped Characters are: '*', '(', ')', ' ', '\', NUL
+		It's actually a PHP-Bug, that we have to escape space.
+		For all other Characters, refer to RFC2254.
+		@param $string string to be escaped
+		*/
+		function ldap_addslashes($string='')
+		{
+			return str_replace(array('\\','*','(',')','\0',' '),array('\\\\','\*','\(','\)','\\0','\20'),$string);
+		}
+
 		// connect to the ldap server and return a handle
 		/*!
 		@function ldapConnect