PHP Extension

Get IMAP UID from Email Header

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Demonstrates how to get the IMAP UID from an email header. After fetching an email or header using IMAP, the UID is contained in the ckx-imap-uid header field. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$imap = new CkImap();

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

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

$fetchUids = true;
// Get the message UIDs of all the emails in the mailbox

$messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx('ALL',$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$bundle = new CkEmailBundle();
$headersOnly = true;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// The UID of each fetched email header is available 
// in the ckx-imap-uid header field.
$email = new CkEmail();
$msgSet1 = new CkMessageSet();
$i = 0;
$szBundle = $bundle->get_MessageCount();
while ($i < $szBundle) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    // Build a message set containing one UID
    $uidStr = $email->getHeaderField('ckx-imap-uid');
    $msgSet1->FromCompactString($uidStr);

    // Move this message to some other folder.
    $success = $imap->MoveMessages($msgSet1,'someOtherFolder');
    if ($success != true) {
        print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        // Exit the loop...
        $i = $szBundle;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

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

?>