imap_getmailboxes
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
imap_getmailboxes — Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one
Description
$imap_stream
, string $ref
, string $pattern
) : arrayGets information on the mailboxes.
Parameters
-
imap_stream
-
An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().
-
ref
-
ref
should normally be just the server specification as described in imap_open()WarningPassing untrusted data to this parameter is insecure, unless imap.enable_insecure_rsh is disabled.
-
pattern
-
Specifies where in the mailbox hierarchy to start searching.
There are two special characters you can pass as part of the
pattern
: '*' and '%'. '*' means to return all mailboxes. If you passpattern
as '*', you will get a list of the entire mailbox hierarchy. '%' means to return the current level only. '%' as thepattern
parameter will return only the top level mailboxes; '~/mail/%' on UW_IMAPD will return every mailbox in the ~/mail directory, but none in subfolders of that directory.
Return Values
Returns an array of objects containing mailbox information. Each
object has the attributes name
, specifying
the full name of the mailbox; delimiter
,
which is the hierarchy delimiter for the part of the hierarchy
this mailbox is in; and
attributes
. Attributes
is a bitmask that can be tested against:
-
LATT_NOINFERIORS
- This mailbox not contains, and may not contain any "children" (there are no mailboxes below this one). Calling imap_createmailbox() will not work on this mailbox. -
LATT_NOSELECT
- This is only a container, not a mailbox - you cannot open it. -
LATT_MARKED
- This mailbox is marked. This means that it may contain new messages since the last time it was checked. Not provided by all IMAP servers. -
LATT_UNMARKED
- This mailbox is not marked, does not contain new messages. If eitherMARKED
orUNMARKED
is provided, you can assume the IMAP server supports this feature for this mailbox. -
LATT_REFERRAL
- This container has a referral to a remote mailbox. -
LATT_HASCHILDREN
- This mailbox has selectable inferiors. -
LATT_HASNOCHILDREN
- This mailbox has no selectable inferiors.
Examples
Example #1 imap_getmailboxes() example
<?php
$mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org}", "username", "password", OP_HALFOPEN)
or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error());
$list = imap_getmailboxes($mbox, "{imap.example.org}", "*");
if (is_array($list)) {
foreach ($list as $key => $val) {
echo "($key) ";
echo imap_utf7_decode($val->name) . ",";
echo "'" . $val->delimiter . "',";
echo $val->attributes . "<br />\n";
}
} else {
echo "imap_getmailboxes failed: " . imap_last_error() . "\n";
}
imap_close($mbox);
?>
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