PHP IMAP

Features

• Connect to mailbox by POP3/IMAP/NNTP, using PHP IMAP extension
• Get emails with attachments and inline images
• Get emails filtered or sorted by custom criteria
• Mark emails as seen/unseen
• Delete emails
• Manage mailbox folders

Requirements

• IMAP extension must be present; so make sure this line is active in your php.ini: extension=php_imap.dll

Installation by Composer

$ composer require php-imap/php-imap

Integration with frameworks

• Symfony - https://github.com/secit-pl/imap-bundle

Usage example

// 4. argument is the directory into which attachments are to be saved:
$mailbox = new PhpImap\Mailbox('{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', '[email protected]', '*********', __DIR__);

// Read all messaged into an array:
$mailsIds = $mailbox->searchMailbox('ALL');
if(!$mailsIds) {
	die('Mailbox is empty');
}

// Get the first message and save its attachment(s) to disk:
$mail = $mailbox->getMail($mailsIds[0]);

print_r($mail);
echo "\n\nAttachments:\n";
print_r($mail->getAttachments());

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