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Copy an Email from One Mailbox to Another

Copies an email from one IMAP folder to another. After running this example, copies of the email will be present in both source and destination folders.

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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.

// This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
$imap = new CkImap();

// Turn on session logging:
$imap->put_KeepSessionLog(true);

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

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

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

$fetchUids = true;

// Get the message IDs for all emails having "Re:" in the subject.
$messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx('SUBJECT Re:',$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Copy the messages from "Inbox.testing.a" to "Inbox.testing.b" in one call to CopyMultiple:
$success = $imap->CopyMultiple($messageSet,'Inbox.testing.b');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Alternatively, loop over each message in the set and
// copy each separately:
$i = 0;
while ($i < $messageSet->get_Count()) {

    $msgId = $messageSet->GetId($i);
    $isUid = $messageSet->get_HasUids();

    $success = $imap->Copy($msgId,$isUid,'Inbox.testing.c');
    if ($success == false) {
        print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Display the session log.
print $imap->sessionLog() . "\n";

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

?>