(PHP Extension) Forward by Attaching the Existing Email to a New Email

Demonstrates how to forward an email by attaching the email to a new email.

This example reads an email from an IMAP server, attaches the email to a new email, and sends the new email.

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

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

// Read the 1st (most recent) email in an Inbox.
$imap = new CkImap();

// Connect to an IMAP server.
$imap->put_Ssl(true);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

$numEmails = $imap->get_NumMessages();

// Fetch the email at the last sequence number.
// (We are assuming the Inbox has at least 1 email)

$email = new CkEmail();
$success = $imap->FetchEmail(false,$numEmails,false,$email);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

print $email->subject() . "\n";

// Create a new email.  The email we just read will be attached to this email.
$eForward = new CkEmail();

$eForward->AddTo('Joe','joe@example.com');

$eForward->put_FromAddress('matt@somewhere.com');
$eForward->put_FromName('Matt');
$eForward->put_Subject('This is an email with another email attached.');

$eForward->SetHtmlBody('<p>Hello, this is an email I'm forwarding to you.  See the attached email.</p>');

// Attach the email.
$eForward->AttachEmail($email);

// We could save the .eml, then double-click on it to view in our mail program, such as Outlook or Thunderbird..
$eForward->SaveEml('qa_output/forward.eml');

// We could send (forward) the email..
$mailman = new CkMailMan();

$mailman->put_SmtpHost('smtp.example.com');
$mailman->put_SmtpUsername('myLogin');
$mailman->put_SmtpPassword('myPassword');
$mailman->put_SmtpPort(587);
$mailman->put_StartTLS(true);

$success = $mailman->SendEmail($eForward);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $mailman->CloseSmtpConnection();
if ($success != true) {
    print 'Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.' . "\n";
}

print 'Mail Sent!' . "\n";

?>