(PHP ActiveX) Process New Email by Scanning for Senders

Scan email and save application-selected emails to EML files with unique filenames.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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

$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 = $imap->Connect('imap.someMailServer.com');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

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

// We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
$fetchUids = 1;

// Fetch messages from the mailbox using a search criteria.
// This example finds NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag set, but not the SEEN flag:
$messageSet = new COM("Chilkat.MessageSet");
$success = $imap->QueryMbx('NEW',$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// This example will download headers, and then download
// the full email for those emails sent from a contact
// in our database.

// When downloading headers, each email object contains
// (obviously) the headers, but the body will be missing.
// Also, attachments will not be included.  However, it is
// possible to get information about the attachments
// as well as the complete size of the email.
$bundle = new COM("Chilkat.EmailBundle");
$headersOnly = 1;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Loop over the email objects...
$emailHeader = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$fullEmail = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->MessageCount;
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$emailHeader);

    // The sender's email address and name are available
    // in the From, FromAddress, and FromName properties.
    // If the sender is "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com",
    // then the From property will hold the entire string.
    // the FromName property contains"Chilkat Support",
    // and the FromAddress property contains "support@chilkatsoft.com"
    print $emailHeader->From . "\n";
    print $emailHeader->FromAddress . "\n";
    print $emailHeader->FromName . "\n";

    // Assume at this point your code checks to see if the sender
    // is one in your contacts database.  If so, this is
    // the code you would write to download the entire
    // email and save it to a file.

    // The ckx-imap-uid header field is added when
    // headers are downloaded.  This makes it possible
    // to get the UID from the email object.
    $uidStr = $emailHeader->getHeaderField('ckx-imap-uid');
    $uid = $uidStr;

    $success = $imap->FetchEmail(0,$uid,1,$fullEmail);
    if ($success == 0) {
        print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    // You can use the GenerateFilename method to
    // generate a unique filename...
    $filename = $fullEmail->generateFilename();

    // SaveEml saves the entire email, including attachments.
    $success = $fullEmail->SaveEml($filename);

    print '--' . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

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

?>