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imap_status

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

imap_statusReturns status information on a mailbox

Description

imap_status(IMAP\Connection $imap, string $mailbox, int $flags): stdClass|false

Gets status information about the given mailbox.

Parameters

imap

An IMAP\Connection instance.

mailbox

The mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information

Warning

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

flags

Valid flags are:

  • SA_MESSAGES - set $status->messages to the number of messages in the mailbox
  • SA_RECENT - set $status->recent to the number of recent messages in the mailbox
  • SA_UNSEEN - set $status->unseen to the number of unseen (new) messages in the mailbox
  • SA_UIDNEXT - set $status->uidnext to the next uid to be used in the mailbox
  • SA_UIDVALIDITY - set $status->uidvalidity to a constant that changes when uids for the mailbox may no longer be valid
  • SA_ALL - set all of the above

Return Values

This function returns an object containing status information, or false on failure. The object has the following properties: messages, recent, unseen, uidnext, and uidvalidity.

flags is also set, which contains a bitmask which can be checked against any of the above constants.

Changelog

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

Examples

Example #1 imap_status() example

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

$status = imap_status($mbox, "{imap.example.org}INBOX", SA_ALL);
if (
$status) {
echo
"Messages: " . $status->messages . "<br />\n";
echo
"Recent: " . $status->recent . "<br />\n";
echo
"Unseen: " . $status->unseen . "<br />\n";
echo
"UIDnext: " . $status->uidnext . "<br />\n";
echo
"UIDvalidity:" . $status->uidvalidity . "<br />\n";
} else {
echo
"imap_status failed: " . imap_last_error() . "\n";
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>

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mwwaygoo AT hotmail DOT com
12 years ago
I had issues with imap_status not working correctly, while other imap functions seemed okay. I always got the ['flags']=0 response. No notes here and Google searching suggests it doesn't working properly with Exchange, so I wrote a little workaround, to at least get some information.

<?php
function my_imap_status($stream, $mailbox='', $info=SA_ALL)
{
// get current mailbox name (and info)
$curr_obj=imap_check($stream);
if(!
$curr_obj) return false;

// if request if for current mailbox then just return it
if( (empty($mailbox)) || ($mailbox==$curr_obj->Mailbox) ) return $curr_obj;

// get current mailbox
$current_mailbox=$curr_obj->Mailbox;

//switch to new mailbox
if(!imap_reopen($stream, $mailbox)) return false;

// get info
$obj=imap_check($stream);

// switch back to original mailbox
imap_reopen($stream, $current_mailbox);

//return info
return $obj;
}
?>
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