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PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List IMAP Mailboxes

List the mailboxes available within an IMAP account.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

//  Connect to an IMAP server.
//  Use TLS
$imap->Ssl = 1;
$imap->Port = 993;
$success = $imap->Connect('MY-IMAP-DOMAIN');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Login
$success = $imap->Login('MY-IMAP-LOGIN','MY-IMAP-PASSWORD');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$refName = '';
//  refName is usually set to an empty string.
//  A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of
//  mailbox hierarchy, and indicates the context in which the mailbox
//  name is interpreted.

//  Select all mailboxes matching this pattern:
$wildcardedMailbox = '*';

$subscribed = 0;

$mboxes = new COM("Chilkat.Mailboxes");
$success = $imap->MbxList($subscribed,$refName,$wildcardedMailbox,$mboxes);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

//  Sample output looks like this:
//  INBOX.vendors.shareit
//  INBOX.oldSupport
//  INBOX.vendors.paypal
//  INBOX.sales
//  INBOX.lists
//  INBOX.Drafts
//  INBOX.vendors.dell
//  INBOX.Trash
//  INBOX.invoiceRequests
//  INBOX.purchases
//  INBOX.vendors.inMotion
//  INBOX.oldEmail
//  INBOX.vendors
//  INBOX.lists.python
//  INBOX.vendors.myhosting
//  INBOX.Templates
//  INBOX.friends
//  INBOX.bounceSamples
//  INBOX.lists.ruby
//  INBOX.vendors.peer1
//  INBOX.Sent
//  INBOX.Junk
//  INBOX

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

?>