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PHP Extension

List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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PHP Extension
<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This example assumes 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 = $imap->Connect('MY-IMAP-DOMAIN');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

$refName = '';
// refName is usually set to an empty string.
// A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
// mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
// name is interpreted.

// Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
$wildcardedMailbox = '*';

$subscribed = false;

$mboxes = new CkMailboxes();
$success = $imap->MbxList($subscribed,$refName,$wildcardedMailbox,$mboxes);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;
while ($i < $mboxes->get_Count()) {
    print $mboxes->getName($i) . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Sample output looks like this:
// INBOX.vendors.shareit
// INBOX.oldSupport
// INBOX.vendors.paypal
// INBOX.sales
// INBOX.lists
// INBOX.Drafts
// INBOX.vendors.dell
// INBOX.Trash
// INBOX.invoiceRequests
// INBOX.purchases
// INBOX.vendors.inMotion
// INBOX.oldEmail
// INBOX.vendors
// INBOX.lists.python
// INBOX.vendors.myhosting
// INBOX.Templates
// INBOX.friends
// INBOX.bounceSamples
// INBOX.lists.ruby
// INBOX.vendors.peer1
// INBOX.Sent
// INBOX.Junk
// INBOX

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

?>