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imap_status

Returns status information on a mailbox (PHP 4, PHP 5)
object imap_status ( resource imap_stream, string mailbox, int options )

Gets status information about the given mailbox.

Parameters

imap_stream

An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

mailbox

The mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information

options

Valid flags are:

  • SA_MESSAGES - set status->messages to the number of messages in the mailbox
  • SA_RECENT - set status->recent to the number of recent messages in the mailbox
  • SA_UNSEEN - set status->unseen to the number of unseen (new) messages in the mailbox
  • SA_UIDNEXT - set status->uidnext to the next uid to be used in the mailbox
  • SA_UIDVALIDITY - set status->uidvalidity to a constant that changes when uids for the mailbox may no longer be valid
  • SA_ALL - set all of the above

Return Values

This function returns an object containing status information. The object has the following properties: messages, recent, unseen, uidnext, and uidvalidity.

flags is also set, which contains a bitmask which can be checked against any of the above constants.

Examples

Example 1065. imap_status() example

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

$status = imap_status($mbox, "{imap.example.org}INBOX", SA_ALL);
if ($status) {
 echo "Messages:   " . $status->messages    . "<br />\n";
 echo "Recent:     " . $status->recent      . "<br />\n";
 echo "Unseen:     " . $status->unseen      . "<br />\n";
 echo "UIDnext:    " . $status->uidnext     . "<br />\n";
 echo "UIDvalidity:" . $status->uidvalidity . "<br />\n";
} else {
 echo "imap_status failed: " . imap_last_error() . "\n";
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>



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