imap_list
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_list — Read the list of mailboxes
Description
Read the list of mailboxes.
Parameters
- imap_stream
-
An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().
- ref
-
ref should normally be just the server specification as described in imap_open().
- pattern
-
Specifies where in the mailbox hierarchy to start searching.
There are two special characters you can pass as part of the pattern: '*' and '%'. '*' means to return all mailboxes. If you pass pattern as '*', you will get a list of the entire mailbox hierarchy. '%' means to return the current level only. '%' as the pattern parameter will return only the top level mailboxes; '~/mail/%' on UW_IMAPD will return every mailbox in the ~/mail directory, but none in subfolders of that directory.
Return Values
Returns an array containing the names of the mailboxes.
Examples
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);
?>
See Also
- imap_getmailboxes() - Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one
- imap_lsub() - List all the subscribed mailboxes