imap_search
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_search — This function returns an array of messages matching the given search criteria
Description
$imap_stream
, string $criteria
[, int $options = SE_FREE
[, string $charset = NIL
]] )This function performs a search on the mailbox currently opened in the given IMAP stream.
For example, to match all unanswered messages sent by Mom, you'd use: "UNANSWERED FROM mom". Searches appear to be case insensitive. This list of criteria is from a reading of the UW c-client source code and may be incomplete or inaccurate (see also » RFC2060, section 6.4.4).
Parameters
-
imap_stream -
An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().
-
criteria -
A string, delimited by spaces, in which the following keywords are allowed. Any multi-word arguments (e.g. FROM "joey smith") must be quoted. Results will match all
criteriaentries.- ALL - return all messages matching the rest of the criteria
- ANSWERED - match messages with the \\ANSWERED flag set
- BCC "string" - match messages with "string" in the Bcc: field
- BEFORE "date" - match messages with Date: before "date"
- BODY "string" - match messages with "string" in the body of the message
- CC "string" - match messages with "string" in the Cc: field
- DELETED - match deleted messages
- FLAGGED - match messages with the \\FLAGGED (sometimes referred to as Important or Urgent) flag set
- FROM "string" - match messages with "string" in the From: field
- KEYWORD "string" - match messages with "string" as a keyword
- NEW - match new messages
- OLD - match old messages
- ON "date" - match messages with Date: matching "date"
- RECENT - match messages with the \\RECENT flag set
- SEEN - match messages that have been read (the \\SEEN flag is set)
- SINCE "date" - match messages with Date: after "date"
- SUBJECT "string" - match messages with "string" in the Subject:
- TEXT "string" - match messages with text "string"
- TO "string" - match messages with "string" in the To:
- UNANSWERED - match messages that have not been answered
- UNDELETED - match messages that are not deleted
- UNFLAGGED - match messages that are not flagged
- UNKEYWORD "string" - match messages that do not have the keyword "string"
- UNSEEN - match messages which have not been read yet
-
options -
Valid values for
optionsareSE_UID, which causes the returned array to contain UIDs instead of messages sequence numbers. -
charset -
Return Values
Returns an array of message numbers or UIDs.
Return FALSE if it does not understand the search
criteria or no messages have been found.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.3.3 |
The charset parameter was added
|
Examples
Example #1 imap_search() example
<?php
$conn = imap_open('{imap.example.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', 'foo@example.com', 'pass123', OP_READONLY);
$some = imap_search($conn, 'SUBJECT "HOWTO be Awesome" SINCE "8 August 2008"', SE_UID);
$msgnos = imap_search($conn, 'ALL');
$uids = imap_search($conn, 'ALL', SE_UID);
print_r($some);
print_r($msgnos);
print_r($uids);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[0] => 4
[1] => 6
[2] => 11
)
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
[3] => 4
[4] => 5
[5] => 6
)
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 4
[2] => 6
[3] => 8
[4] => 11
[5] => 12
)
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