(PHP Extension) Process New Email by Scanning for Senders

Scan email and save application-selected emails to EML files with unique filenames.

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<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

// 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 = $imap->Connect('imap.someMailServer.com');
if ($success != true) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = true;

// Fetch messages from the mailbox using a search criteria.
// This example finds NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag set, but not the SEEN flag:
// messageSet is a CkMessageSet
$messageSet = $imap->Search('NEW',$fetchUids);
if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// This example will download headers, and then download
// the full email for those emails sent from a contact
// in our database.

// When downloading headers, each email object contains
// (obviously) the headers, but the body will be missing.
// Also, attachments will not be included.  However, it is
// possible to get information about the attachments
// as well as the complete size of the email.

// bundle is a CkEmailBundle
$bundle = $imap->FetchHeaders($messageSet);
if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {

    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Loop over the email objects...
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->get_MessageCount();
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    // email is a CkEmail
    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

    // The sender's email address and name are available
    // in the From, FromAddress, and FromName properties.
    // If the sender is "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com",
    // then the From property will hold the entire string.
    // the FromName property contains"Chilkat Support",
    // and the FromAddress property contains "support@chilkatsoft.com"
    print $email->from() . "\n";
    print $email->fromAddress() . "\n";
    print $email->fromName() . "\n";

    // Assume at this point your code checks to see if the sender
    // is one in your contacts database.  If so, this is
    // the code you would write to download the entire
    // email and save it to a file.

    // The ckx-imap-uid header field is added when
    // headers are downloaded.  This makes it possible
    // to get the UID from the email object.
    $uidStr = $email->getHeaderField('ckx-imap-uid');
    $uid = $uidStr;

    // fullEmail is a CkEmail
    $fullEmail = $imap->FetchSingle($uid,true);
    if ($imap->get_LastMethodSuccess() == true) {
        // You may use the GenerateFilename method to
        // generate a unique filename...

        $filename = $fullEmail->generateFilename();

        // SaveEml saves the entire email, including attachments.
        $success = $fullEmail->SaveEml($filename);

    }

    print '--' . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

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


?>