openldap entry modification

["daniel rahmeh" <daniel.rahmeh@gmail.com>]

hi,

I have a question concerning the best method to modify an entry (in
openldap) using a programming API like php.

php offers the ability to modify an entry using some fucntions like
ldap_modify, ldap_mod_add, ldap_mod_del. sometimes it's complicated to
use these functions, in this case, developpers use another approach,
which is deleting the entry and then add it with the new attributes
etc.

my question is: is it fine to delete an entry and re-add it?? does
this affect the performance of openLDAP?

thank you