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PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

How to Copy IMAP Mail to another IMAP Server

Demonstrates how to copy the entire contents of an IMAP mailbox to another IMAP server.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$imapSrc = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

//  Connect to our source IMAP server.
$success = $imapSrc->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imapSrc->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Login to the source IMAP server
$success = $imapSrc->Login('admin@chilkatsoft.com','myPassword');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imapSrc->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$imapDest = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

//  Connect to our destination IMAP server.
$success = $imapDest->Connect('mail.example-code.com');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imapDest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Login to the destination IMAP server
$success = $imapDest->Login('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imapDest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Select an IMAP mailbox on the source IMAP server
$success = $imapSrc->SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imapSrc->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  After selecting a mailbox, the NumMessages property will
//  be updated to reflect the total number of emails in the mailbox:
print $imapSrc->NumMessages . "\n";

//  The emails in the mailbox will always have sequence numbers
//  ranging from 1 to NumMessages.

//  This example will copy the first 10 messages using sequence numbers
$sbMime = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");

for ($seqNum = 1; $seqNum <= 10; $seqNum++) {
    $sbMime->Clear();
    $success = $imapSrc->FetchSingleAsMimeSb($seqNum,0,$sbMime);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $imapSrc->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $success = $imapDest->AppendMimeWithFlagsSb('Inbox',$sbMime,0,0,0,0);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $imapDest->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

}

//  Disconnect from the IMAP servers.
$success = $imapSrc->Disconnect();
$success = $imapDest->Disconnect();

?>