(PHP ActiveX) Delete IMAP Email

To delete an email, the "Deleted" flag must be set to 1 for each message to be deleted. You must also call Expunge or ExpungeAndClose to remove the emails marked as deleted.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// This example deletes email matching a criteria from Inbox.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Imap')
$imap = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

// Turn on session logging:
$imap->KeepSessionLog = 1;

// Connect to an IMAP server.
// Use TLS
$imap->Ssl = 1;
$imap->Port = 993;
$success = $imap->Connect('imap.someMailServer.com');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Login
$success = $imap->Login('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$fetchUids = 1;
// Get the message IDs for all emails having "FTP2" in the subject.
// messageSet is a Chilkat.MessageSet
$messageSet = $imap->Search('SUBJECT FTP2',$fetchUids);
if ($imap->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Set the Deleted flag for each message:
$success = $imap->SetFlags($messageSet,'Deleted',1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Expunge and close the mailbox.
$success = $imap->ExpungeAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Display the session log.
print $imap->SessionLog . "\n";

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


?>