(PHP ActiveX) Fetch Oldest/Newest IMAP Email

Emails may be downloaded by sequence number. Assuming the selected mailbox is not empty, the oldest email is at sequence number 1, and the newest email is at sequence number N. The FetchSingle method may be used to download by sequence number.

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.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Imap')
$imap = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

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

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

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

// After selecting a mailbox, the NumMessages property
// contains the number of emails in the selected mailbox.

$n = $imap->NumMessages;

if ($n > 0) {

    // The oldest email is always at sequence number 1.
    $isUid = 0;

    // oldestEmail is a Chilkat.Email
    $oldestEmail = $imap->FetchSingle(1,$isUid);
    if ($imap->LastMethodSuccess == 1) {

        // Display the From and Subject
        print $oldestEmail->FromAddress . "\n";
        print $oldestEmail->Subject . "\n";

        print '--' . "\n";

    }

    // The newest email is at sequence number N:

    // newestEmail is a Chilkat.Email
    $newestEmail = $imap->FetchSingle($n,$isUid);
    if ($imap->LastMethodSuccess == 1) {

        // Display the From and Subject
        print $newestEmail->FromAddress . "\n";
        print $newestEmail->Subject . "\n";

    }

}

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

?>