Php/docs/function.imap-append

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• Append a string message to a specified mailbox

imap_append

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

imap_append — Append a string message to a specified mailbox

Description

imap_append ( resource $imap_stream , string $mailbox , string $message [, string $options = NULL [, string $internal_date = NULL ]] ) : bool

Appends a string message to the specified mailbox.

Parameters

imap_stream

An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

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.

message

The message to be append, as a string

When talking to the Cyrus IMAP server, you must use "\r\n" as your end-of-line terminator instead of "\n" or the operation will fail

options

If provided, the options will also be written to the mailbox

internal_date

If this parameter is set, it will set the INTERNALDATE on the appended message. The parameter should be a date string that conforms to the rfc2060 specifications for a date_time value.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 imap_append() example

<?php$stream = imap_open("{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts", "username", "password");$check = imap_check($stream);echo "Msg Count before append: ". $check->Nmsgs . "\n";imap_append($stream, "{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts"                   , "From: [email protected]\r\n"                   . "To: [email protected]\r\n"                   . "Subject: test\r\n"                   . "\r\n"                   . "this is a test message, please ignore\r\n"                   );$check = imap_check($stream);echo "Msg Count after append : ". $check->Nmsgs . "\n";imap_close($stream);?>