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yp_match

yp_match -- Returns the matched line.

Description

string yp_match(string domain, string map, string key);

yp_match() returns the value associated with the passed key out of the specified map or FALSE. This key must be exact.

Example 1. Example for NIS match

  1 
  2 <?php
  3     $entry = yp_match($domain, "passwd.byname", "joe");
  4     echo "Matched entry is: " . $entry;
  5 ?>
  6 

In this case this could be: joe:##joe:11111:100:Joe User:/home/j/joe:/usr/local/bin/bash

See also yp-get-default-domain()

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