PHP Manual: imap

imap_check

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_check -- Check current mailbox

Description

object imap_check ( resource imap_stream )

Returns information about the current mailbox. Returns FALSE on failure.

The imap_check() function checks the current mailbox status on the server and returns the information in an object with following properties:

Date - current system time formatted according to RFC2822
Driver - protocol used to access this mailbox: POP3, IMAP, NNTP
Mailbox - the mailbox name
Nmsgs - number of messages in the mailbox
Recent - number of recent messages in the mailbox

Example 1. imap_check() example

<?php

$imap_obj = imap_check($imap_stream);
var_dump($imap_obj);

?>

this will output :

object(stdClass)(5) {
  ["Date"]=>
  string(37) "Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:56:54 +0100 (CET)"
  ["Driver"]=>
  string(4) "imap"
  ["Mailbox"]=>
  string(54)
  "{www.example.com:143/imap/user="foo@example.com"}INBOX"
  ["Nmsgs"]=>
  int(1)
  ["Recent"]=>
  int(0)
}