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imap_list

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imap_listRead the list of mailboxes

Descrizione

imap_list(IMAP\Connection $imap, string $reference, string $pattern): array|false

Read the list of mailboxes.

Elenco dei parametri

imap

An IMAP\Connection instance.

reference

reference should normally be just the server specification as described in imap_open().

Avviso

Passing untrusted data to this parameter is insecure, unless imap.enable_insecure_rsh is disabled.

pattern

Specifica da dove, nella gerarchia della mailbox, cominciare a cercare.

Ci sono due caratteri speciali che si possono passare all'interno di pattern: '*' e '%'. '*' restituisce tutte le mailbox. Se si passa '*' in pattern, verrà restituito un elenco du tutta le gerarchia della mailbox. '%' corrisponde al solo livello attuale. '%' nel parametro pattern restituirà solo le mailbox del livello superiore; '~/mail/%' in UW_IMAPD restituirà ogni mailbox nella cartella ~/mail, ma non quelle nelle sue sottocartelle.

Valori restituiti

Returns an array containing the names of the mailboxes or false in case of failure.

Log delle modifiche

Versione Descrizione
8.1.0 The imap parameter expects an IMAP\Connection instance now; previously, a valid imap resource was expected.

Esempi

Example #1 imap_list() example

<?php
$mbox
= imap_open("{imap.example.org}", "username", "password", OP_HALFOPEN)
or die(
"can't connect: " . imap_last_error());

$list = imap_list($mbox, "{imap.example.org}", "*");
if (
is_array($list)) {
foreach (
$list as $val) {
echo
imap_utf7_decode($val) . "\n";
}
} else {
echo
"imap_list failed: " . imap_last_error() . "\n";
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>

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User Contributed Notes 5 notes

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maxime dot marais+php at gmail dot com
4 years ago
Please be aware that if you are trying to list an empty mailbox, imap_list will return FALSE as if there was an error instead of an empty array() as one may expect.

Example:

With a brand new account created on your mail server, with an empty INBOX, you will get:

$list = imap_list( $imap_stream, $ref, "INBOX/*");
var_dump( $list );
// bool(false)
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Anonymous
5 years ago
use
echo mb_convert_encoding($val, "utf-8", "UTF7-IMAP");
for cyrrilic folder names
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c6h1206free at gmail dot com
15 years ago
imap_list returns a simple array of strings that look just like the $ref parameter one needs to specify:

<?php

$srv
= '{imap.example.com}';

$conn = imap_open($srv, 'me', 'mypass');

$boxes = imap_list($conn, $srv, '*');

print_r($boxes);
imap_close($conn);
?>

Output:

<pre>
Array
(
[0] => {imap.example.com}Calendar
[1] => {imap.example.com}Contacts
[2] => {imap.example.com}Deleted Items
[3] => {imap.example.com}Drafts
[4] => {imap.example.com}Journal
[5] => {imap.example.com}Junk E-mail
[6] => {imap.example.com}Notes
[7] => {imap.example.com}Outbox
[8] => {imap.example.com}RSS Feeds
[9] => {imap.example.com}Sent Items
[10] => {imap.example.com}Tasks
)
</pre>

These directly fill in the $ref argument for every function that takes one.
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kevin at metalaxe dot com
16 years ago
if there is an error imap_list returns FALSE not an empty array (as expected by docs)
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jemore at free dot fr
9 years ago
With the values returned from the imap_list function, you can search a message in the folder, but you have to use the imap_reopen function before . Continuing the previous example (from c6h1206free at gmail dot com )

<?php
$srv
= '{imap.example.com}';
$conn = imap_open($srv, 'me', 'mypass');
$boxes = imap_list($conn, $srv, '*');
foreach(
$boxes as $box)
{
imap_reopen($srv, $box);
var_dump(imap_search($srv, "ALL"));
}
imap_close($conn);
?>
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