yp_match

(PHP 3>= 3.0.7, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

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.

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()