imap_fetch_overview
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
imap_fetch_overview — Read an overview of the information in the headers of the given message
Description
$imap_stream
, string $sequence
[, int $options
= 0
] ) : array
This function fetches mail headers for the given
sequence
and returns an overview of their
contents.
Parameters
-
imap_stream
-
An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().
-
sequence
-
A message sequence description. You can enumerate desired messages with the X,Y syntax, or retrieve all messages within an interval with the X:Y syntax
-
options
-
sequence
will contain a sequence of message indices or UIDs, if this parameter is set toFT_UID
.
Return Values
Returns an array of objects describing one message header each. The object will only define a property if it exists. The possible properties are:
- subject - the messages subject
- from - who sent it
- to - recipient
- date - when was it sent
- message_id - Message-ID
- references - is a reference to this message id
- in_reply_to - is a reply to this message id
- size - size in bytes
- uid - UID the message has in the mailbox
- msgno - message sequence number in the mailbox
- recent - this message is flagged as recent
- flagged - this message is flagged
- answered - this message is flagged as answered
- deleted - this message is flagged for deletion
- seen - this message is flagged as already read
- draft - this message is flagged as being a draft
- udate - the UNIX timestamp of the arrival date
Examples
Example #1 imap_fetch_overview() example
<?php
$mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org:143}INBOX", "username", "password")
or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error());
$MC = imap_check($mbox);
// Fetch an overview for all messages in INBOX
$result = imap_fetch_overview($mbox,"1:{$MC->Nmsgs}",0);
foreach ($result as $overview) {
echo "#{$overview->msgno} ({$overview->date}) - From: {$overview->from}
{$overview->subject}\n";
}
imap_close($mbox);
?>
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