Example
You can return a list of all the messages in a mailbox using imap_headers.
<?php
$headers = imap_headers($mailbox);
The result is an array of strings with the following pattern:
[FLAG] [MESSAGE-ID])[DD-MM-YYY] [FROM ADDRESS] [SUBJECT TRUNCATED TO 25 CHAR] ([SIZE] chars)
Here's a sample of what each line could look like:
A 1)19-Aug-2016 [email protected] Message Subject (1728 chars)
D 2)19-Aug-2016 [email protected] RE: Message Subject (22840 chars)
U 3)19-Aug-2016 [email protected] RE: RE: Message Subject (1876 chars)
N 4)19-Aug-2016 [email protected] RE: RE: RE: Message Subje (1741 chars)
| Symbol | Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| A | Answered | Message has been replied to |
| D | Deleted | Message is deleted (but not removed) |
| F | Flagged | Message is flagged/stared for attention |
| N | New | Message is new and has not been seen |
| R | Recent | Message is new and has been seen |
| U | Unread | Message has not been read |
| X | Draft | Message is a draft |
Note that this call could take a fair amount of time to run and may return a very large list.
An alternative is to load individual messages as you need them. Your emails are each assigned an ID from 1 (the oldest) to the value of imap_num_msg($mailbox).
There are a number of functions to access an email directly, but the simplest way is to use
imap_header which returns structured header information:
<?php
$header = imap_headerinfo($mailbox , 1);
stdClass Object
(
[date] => Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:34:52 +0000
[subject] => Message Subject
[message_id] => <04b80ceedac8e74$51a8d50dd$0206600a@user1687763490>
[references] => <[email protected]>
[toaddress] => Some One Else <[email protected]>
[to] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[personal] => Some One Else
[mailbox] => someonelse
[host] => example.com
)
)
[fromaddress] => Some One <[email protected]>
[from] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[personal] => Some One
[mailbox] => someone
[host] => example.com
)
)
[reply_toaddress] => Some One <[email protected]>
[reply_to] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[personal] => Some One
[mailbox] => someone
[host] => example.com
)
)
[senderaddress] => Some One <[email protected]>
[sender] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[personal] => Some One
[mailbox] => someone
[host] => example.com
)
)
[Recent] =>
[Unseen] =>
[Flagged] =>
[Answered] =>
[Deleted] =>
[Draft] =>
[Msgno] => 1
[MailDate] => 19-Oct-2011 17:34:48 +0000
[Size] => 1728
[udate] => 1319038488
)
