validationData.php

<?
// lookup real names from sid's useing campus ldap
function lookupSID($sid)
{
    $ds = ldap_connect("ccs-suld1.swan.ac.uk");
    $ldappw = file_get_contents("/etc/unildap.secret");
    $ldappw = trim($ldappw);
    ldap_bind($ds, "cn=SUCS-BIND,ou=ServiceAccount,o=SWANUNI", $ldappw);
    $sr = ldap_search($ds, "ou=students,ou=Swansea,o=swanuni", "uid=" . $sid);
    $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);
    ldap_unbind($ds);
    return ucwords(strtolower($info[0]['givenname'][0] . " " . $info[0]['sn'][0]));
}

// lookup addresses from postcodes useing the univeritys website
function lookup_postcode($postcode)
{

    include_once "../paf-key.php";

    $url = "http://paf.sucs.org/?apikey=$apikey&postcode=" . rawurlencode($postcode);

    $req = curl_init($url);
    $page = curl_exec($req);
    curl_close($req);

}

?>