Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
PHP Extension

Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox.

Chilkat PHP Extension Downloads

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

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

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

// Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
$seenSearch = 'SEEN';
$notSeenSearch = 'NOT SEEN';

// Get the set of unseen message UIDs
$fetchUids = true;
$messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx($notSeenSearch,$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:
$bundle = new CkEmailBundle();
$headersOnly = false;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Display the Subject and From of each email.
$email = new CkEmail();
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->get_MessageCount();
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print $email->getHeaderField('Date') . "\n";
    print $email->subject() . "\n";
    print $email->from() . "\n";
    print '--' . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

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

?>