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PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Subscribe to Mailboxes and List Subscribed Mailboxes

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Demonstrates how to list subscribed mailboxes, and unsubscribe/subscribe to a mailbox.

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<?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 = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

//  First examine the already subscribed mailboxes.
$refName = '';
$wildcardedMailbox = '*';
$subscribed = true;

$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;
}

print '----' . "\n";

//  Sample output.

//  INBOX
//  INBOX/recent
//  INBOX/misc
//  INBOX/misc/solutions
//  ...
//  Outbox
//  Deleted Items
//  Sent Items
//  Drafts
//  Junk E-mail
//  Trash
//  Sent
//  Templates

//  Let's unsubscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
$success = $imap->Unsubscribe('INBOX/misc/solutions');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is missing.
$success = $imap->MbxList($subscribed,'','INBOX/misc*',$mboxes);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

print '----' . "\n";

//  Re-subscribe to "INBOX/misc/solutions".
$success = $imap->Subscribe('INBOX/misc/solutions');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Get the list of subscribed mailboxes again to verify that "INBOX/misc/solutions" is back in the list.
$success = $imap->MbxList($subscribed,'','INBOX/misc*',$mboxes);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

print '----' . "\n";

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

?>