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imap_fetch_overview

(PHP 3>= 3.0.4, PHP 4 )

imap_fetch_overview --  Read an overview of the information in the headers of the given message

Description

array imap_fetch_overview ( resource imap_stream, string sequence [, int options])

This function fetches mail headers for the given sequence and returns an overview of their contents. sequence will contain a sequence of message indices or UIDs, if flags contains FT_UID. The returned value is an array of objects describing one message header each:

  • subject - the messages subject

  • from - who sent it

  • date - when was it sent

  • message_id - Message-ID

  • references - is a reference to this message id

  • size - size in bytes

  • uid - UID the message has in the mailbox

  • msgno - message sequence number in the maibox

  • 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

Example 1. imap_fetch_overview() example

<?php
$mbox = imap_open("{your.imap.host:143}", "username", "password")
     or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error());

$overview = imap_fetch_overview($mbox, "2,4:6", 0);

if (is_array($overview)) {
        reset($overview);
        while (list($key, $val) = each($overview)) {
                echo      $val->msgno
                . " - " . $val->date
                . " - " . $val->subject
                . "\n";
        }
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>

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