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PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Download POP3 Email to MIME

Download the email from a POP3 mailbox directly into MIME, without parsing into email objects.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

//  The mailman object is used for receiving (POP3) 
//  and sending (SMTP) email.
$mailman = new CkMailMan();

//  Set the POP3 server's hostname
$mailman->put_MailHost('pop.example.com');

//  Set the POP3 login/password.
$mailman->put_PopUsername('myLogin');
$mailman->put_PopPassword('myPassword');

//  First, get the complete set of UIDLs for the email in the POP3 mailbox:
$stUidls = new CkStringTable();
$success = $mailman->FetchUidls($stUidls);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Download each email as MIME.
//  If desired, the MIME can be loaded into an email object.
$bdMime = new CkBinData();
$email = new CkEmail();

$count = $stUidls->get_Count();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $count) {
    $success = $mailman->FetchMimeBd($stUidls->stringAt($i),$bdMime);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $email->SetFromMimeBd($bdMime);
    print 'From: ' . $email->from() . "\n";
    print 'Subject: ' . $email->subject() . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>