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imap_fetch_overview

(3.0.4 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

Description

array imap_fetch_overview (int imap_stream, string sequence [, int flags])

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

$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)) {
                print     $val->msgno
                . " - " . $val->date
                . " - " . $val->subject
                . "\n";
        }
}
 
imap_close($mbox);

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