imap_check

Description

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 RFC822

• 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) }