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XXIV. IMAP functions

To get these functions to work, you have to compile PHP with --with-imap. That requires the c-client library to be installed. Grab the latest version from ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/ and compile it. Then copy c-client/c-client.a to /usr/local/lib or some other directory on your link path and copy c-client/rfc822.h, mail.h and linkage.h to /usr/local/include or some other directory in your include path.

Note that these functions are not limited to the IMAP protocol, despite their name. The underlying c-client library also supports NNTP, POP3 and local mailbox access methods. See the imap_open() for more information.

Table of Contents
imap_append — Append a string message to a specified mailbox
imap_base64 — Decode BASE64 encoded text
imap_body — Read the message body
imap_check — Check current mailbox
imap_close — Close an IMAP stream
imap_createmailbox — Create a new mailbox
imap_delete — Mark a messge for deletion from current mailbox
imap_deletemailbox — Delete a mailbox
imap_expunge — Delete all messages marked for deletion
imap_fetchbody — Fetch a particular section of the body of the message
imap_fetchstructure — Read the structure of a particular message
imap_header — Read the header of the message
imap_headers — Returns headers for all messages in a mailbox
imap_listmailbox — Read the list of mailboxes
imap_getmailboxes — Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one
imap_listsubscribed — List all the subscribed mailboxes
imap_getsubscribed — List all the subscribed mailboxes
imap_mail_copy — Copy specified messages to a mailbox
imap_mail_move — Move specified messages to a mailbox
imap_num_msg — Gives the number of messages in the current mailbox
imap_num_recent — Gives the number of recent messages in current mailbox
imap_open — Open an IMAP stream to a mailbox
imap_ping — Check if the IMAP stream is still active
imap_renamemailbox — Rename an old mailbox to new mailbox
imap_reopen — Reopen IMAP stream to new mailbox
imap_subscribe — Subscribe to a mailbox
imap_undelete — Unmark the message which is marked deleted
imap_unsubscribe — Unsubscribe from a mailbox
imap_qprint — Convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string
imap_8bit — Convert an 8bit string to a quoted-printable string.
imap_binary — Convert an 8bit string to a base64 string.
imap_scanmailbox — Read the list of mailboxes, takes a string to search for in the text of the mailbox
imap_mailboxmsginfo — Get information about the current mailbox
imap_rfc822_write_address — Returns a properly formatted email address given the mailbox, host, and personal info.
imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist — Parses an address string
imap_setflag_full — Sets flags on messages
imap_clearflag_full — Clears flags on messages
imap_sort —
imap_fetchheader — Returns header for a message
imap_uid — This function returns the UID for the given message sequence number.
imap_msgno — This function returns the message sequence number for the given UID.
imap_search — This function returns an array of messages matching the given search criteria.
imap_last_error — This function returns the last IMAP error (if any) that occurred during this page request.
imap_errors — This function returns all of the IMAP errors (if any) that have occurred during this page request or since the error stack was reset.
imap_alerts — This function returns all IMAP alert messages (if any) that have occurred during this page request or since the alert stack was reset.
imap_status — This function returns status information on a mailbox other than the current one.
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