Bug 121711

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Description of problem:
The problem is that ldap_start_tls() is not compiled into the php-ldap
module.  This function is missing from RedHat's build. It is present
in RedHat 9, and it clearly should be present in RHEL AS 3.0 as well,
but it is not. 
 
We would simply have build the PHP modules ourselves, except that
unixODBC-devel is a prerequisite for building PHP (and we do use
unixODBC here).  Unfortunately, RedHat has not made the SRPM for
unixODBC available, which is unfortunate.

Reproducing the prolem is trivial; you don't need to write a PHP
script.  Just go to a command prompt and type: 
 
  php 
 
Then enter 
 
  <?php ldap_start_tls() ?> 
 
Under RedHat 9 (which has a correctly compiled php-ldap module) you'll
see an error explaining that you've called the above function with an
incorrect number of arguments. Under AS 3.0 you'll get a message that
the function doesn't exist. 
 
The reason it doesn't exist is explained earlier in this thread.  It
doesn't exist because the php-ldap module is not compiled correctly,
and we can't compile this module ourselves because the PHP SRPM
depends on unixODBC (the 'devel' package - which we use), which itself
is not available as an SRPM for RHEL AS 3.0.  And we can't seem to
download the 'devel' unixODBC package from RedHat.  It's not available. 
 
You could think of this as two bugs, actually:  1) That php-ldap is
wrongly compiled for AS 3.0, and 2) that we can't compile PHP
ourselves because it uses an important package unixODBC-devel which
isn't available, and which we can't build because a SRPM is not available.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
php-ldap-4.3.2-8.ent

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Reproducing the prolem is trivial; you don't need to write a PHP
script.  Just go to a command prompt and type: 
 
  php 
 
Then enter 
 
  <?php ldap_start_tls() ?> 
 
Under RedHat 9 (which has a correctly compiled php-ldap module) you'll
see an error explaining that you've called the above function with an
incorrect number of arguments. Under AS 3.0 you'll get a message that
the function doesn't exist. 
 
The reason it doesn't exist is explained earlier in this thread.  It
doesn't exist because the php-ldap module is not compiled correctly,
and we can't compile this module ourselves because the PHP SRPM
depends on unixODBC (the 'devel' package - which we use), which itself
is not available as an SRPM for RHEL AS 3.0.  And we can't seem to
download the 'devel' unixODBC package from RedHat.  It's not available. 
 
You could think of this as two bugs, actually:  1) That php-ldap is
wrongly compiled for AS 3.0, and 2) that we can't compile PHP
ourselves because it uses an important package unixODBC-devel which
isn't available, and which we can't build because a SRPM is not available.

Actual Results:  Error message

Expected Results:  Message that an incorrect number of arguments was
supplied to a function

Additional info: