> right ok , apologies i'm a newbie here, it just would be nice to create a > php web based admin for the user management via ldap using mysql Several of these exist that use LDAP natively. > guess i can create another db class for berkley stuff > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dba.php Just use LDAP, or you defeat replication, access control, etc... which are primary motivations to use LDAP in the first place.