Example
Once you've connected to your mailbox, you'll want to take a look inside. The first useful command is imap_list. The first parameter is the resource you acquired from imap_open, the second is your mailbox string and the third is a fuzzy search string (* is used to match any pattern).
$folders = imap_list($mailbox, "{imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}", "*");
if ($folders === false) {
echo "Failed to list folders in mailbox";
} else {
print_r($folders);
}
The output should look similar to this
Array
(
[0] => {imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}INBOX
[1] => {imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}INBOX.Sent
[2] => {imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}INBOX.Drafts
[3] => {imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}INBOX.Junk
[4] => {imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}INBOX.Trash
)
You can use the third parameter to filter these results like this:
$folders = imap_list($mailbox, "{imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}", "*.Sent");
And now the result only contains entries with .Sent in the name:
Array
(
[0] => {imap.example.com:993/imap/tls/secure}INBOX.Sent
)
Note: Using * as a fuzzy search will return all matches recursively. If you use % it will return only matches in the current folder specified.
