(PHP ActiveX) Download Unread Email from IMAP Mailbox

Download unread email messages from an IMAP mailbox.

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 = $imap->Connect('imap.someMailServer.com');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Login
$success = $imap->Login('admin@chilkatsoft.com','myPassword');
if ($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;

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

// Get the set of unseen message UIDs
// messageSet is a Chilkat.MessageSet
$messageSet = $imap->Search($notSeenSearch,$fetchUids);
if ($imap->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Fetch the unseen emails into a bundle object:

// bundle is a Chilkat.EmailBundle
$bundle = $imap->FetchBundle($messageSet);
if ($imap->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {

    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Display the Subject and From of each email.
$i = 0;
$numEmails = $bundle->MessageCount;
while ($i < $numEmails) {
    // email is a Chilkat.Email
    $email = $bundle->GetEmail($i);

    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();


?>