(PHP ActiveX) Process Large POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to read email from a mailbox that may contain a large number of emails.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

$mailman->MailHost = 'pop.example.com';

$mailman->PopUsername = 'myLogin';
$mailman->PopPassword = 'myPassword';

$mailman->MailPort = 995;
$mailman->PopSsl = 1;

// Get the list of UIDLs for all emails in the mailbox.
$stUidls = new COM("Chilkat.StringTable");
$success = $mailman->FetchUidls($stUidls);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download each email by UIDL.
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");

$count = $stUidls->Count;
$i = 0;
while ($i < $count) {
    // Download the full email.
    $uidl = $stUidls->stringAt($i);
    $success = $mailman->FetchByUidl($uidl,0,0,$email);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print $i . "\n";
    print 'UIDL: ' . $uidl . "\n";
    print 'From: ' . $email->From . "\n";
    print 'Subject: ' . $email->Subject . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$mailman->Pop3EndSession();

?>