PHP ActiveX

Delete Email Individually (One at a time) from an IMAP Mailbox

Downloads email from an IMAP mailbox and deletes emails individually (one by one). PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$imap = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
$imap->Ssl = 1;
$imap->Port = 993;
$success = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Login
$success = $imap->Login('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = 1;

// Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
$messageSet = new COM("Chilkat.MessageSet");
$success = $imap->QueryMbx('ALL',$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
$bundle = new COM("Chilkat.EmailBundle");
$headersOnly = 0;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// To mark a complete set of emails for deletion, call SetFlags:
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,'Deleted',1);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Messages can also be marked for deletion individually:
// Loop over the bundle and mark each message for deletion.
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->MessageCount;
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print $email->From . "\n";
    print $email->Subject . "\n";

    // To delete this email, set the "Deleted" flag to 1.
    // The email is not actually deleted until Expunge or
    // ExpungeAndClose is called.
    $success = $imap->SetMailFlag($email,'Deleted',1);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print '--' . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();

?>