imap_getmailboxes
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_getmailboxes — Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one
Description
array imap_getmailboxes
( resource $imap_stream
, string $ref
, string $pattern
)
Parameters
-
imap_stream
-
An IMAP stream returned by
imap_open().
-
ref
-
ref
should normally be just the server
specification as described in imap_open()
-
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 pass pattern
as '*',
you will get a list of the entire mailbox hierarchy. '%' means to
return the current level only. '%' as the
pattern
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 has no
"children" (there are no mailboxes below this one).
-
LATT_NOSELECT - This is only a container,
not a mailbox - you cannot open it.
-
LATT_MARKED - This mailbox is marked.
Only used by UW-IMAPD.
-
LATT_UNMARKED - This mailbox is not marked.
Only used by UW-IMAPD.
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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