PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Search IMAP Mailbox for Email Matching Criteria

Searching an IMAP mailbox for messages that match search criteria. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

//  This example requires 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 = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($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;

//  Here are examples of different search criteria:

//  Return all messages.
$allMsgs = 'ALL';

//  Search for already-answered emails.
$answered = 'ANSWERED';

//  Search for messages on a specific date.
//  The date string is DD-Month-YYYY where Month is
//  Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, or Dec.
$onDate = 'SENTON 05-Mar-2007';

//  Search for messages between two dates.  SENTBEFORE
//  finds emails sent before a date, and SENTSINCE finds
//  email sent on or after a date.  The "AND" operation
//  is implied by joining criteria, separated by spaces.
$betweenDates = 'SENTSINCE 01-Mar-2007 SENTBEFORE 05-Mar-2007';

//  Another example of AND: find all unanswered emails
//  sent after 04-Mar-2007 with "Problem" in the subject:
$complexSearch1 = 'UNANSWERED SENTSINCE 04-Mar-2007 Subject \'Problem\'';

//  Find messages with a specific string in the body:
$bodySearch = 'BODY \'problem solved\'';

//  Using OR.  The syntax is OR <criteria1> <criteria2>. 
//  The "OR" comes first, followed by each criteria.
//  For example, to match all emails with "Help" or "Question" in the subject.
//  You'll notice that literal strings may be quoted or unquoted.
//  If a literal contains SPACE characters, quote it:
$orSearch = 'OR SUBJECT Help SUBJECT Question';

//  ----------------------------------------------
//  Strings are case-insensitive when searching....
//  ----------------------------------------------

//  Find all emails sent from yahoo.com addresses:
$fromSearch = 'FROM yahoo.com';
//  Find all emails sent from anyone with "John" in their name:
$johnSearch = 'FROM John';

//  Find emails with the RECENT flag set:
$recentSearch = 'RECENT';

//  Find emails that don't have the recent flag set:
$notRecentSearch = 'NOT RECENT';
//  This is synonymous with "OLD":
$oldSearch = 'OLD';

//  Find all emails marked for deletion:
$markedForDeleteSearch = 'DELETED';

//  Find all emails having a specified header field with a value
//  containing a substring:
$headerSearch = 'HEADER DomainKey-Signature paypal.com';

//  Find any emails having a specific header field.  If the 
//  2nd argument to the "HEADER" criteria is an empty string,
//  any email having the header field is returned regardless
//  of the header field's content.
//  Find any emails with a DomainKey-Signature field:
$headerExistsSearch = 'HEADER DomainKey-Signature \'\'';

//  Find NEW emails: these are emails that have the RECENT flag
//  set, but not the SEEN flag:
$newSearch = 'NEW';

//  Find emails larger than a certain number of bytes:
$sizeLargerSearch = 'LARGER 500000';

//  Find emails marked as seen or not already seen:
$seenSearch = 'SEEN';
$notSeenSearch = 'NOT SEEN';

//  Find emails having a given substring in the TO header field:
$toSearch = 'TO support@chilkatsoft.com';
//  A more long-winded way to do the same thing:
$toSearch2 = 'HEADER TO support@chilkatsoft.com';

//  Find emails smaller than a size in bytes:
$smallerSearch = 'SMALLER 30000';

//  Find emails that have a substring anywhere in the header
//  or body:
$fullSubstringSearch = 'TEXT \'Zip Component\'';

//  Pass any of the above strings here to test a search:
$messageSet = new COM("Chilkat.MessageSet");
$success = $imap->QueryMbx($orSearch,$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Fetch the email headers into a bundle object:
$bundle = new COM("Chilkat.EmailBundle");
$headersOnly = 1;
$success = $imap->FetchMsgSet($headersOnly,$messageSet,$bundle);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Display the Subject and From of each email.
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $bundle->MessageCount) {
    $bundle->EmailAt($i,$email);

    print $email->getHeaderField('Date') . "\n";
    print $email->Subject . "\n";
    print $email->From . "\n";
    print '--' . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

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

?>