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imap_check

Check current mailbox (PHP 4, PHP 5)
object imap_check ( resource imap_stream )

Checks information about the current mailbox.

Parameters

imap_stream

An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

Return Values

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

Returns FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 1045. imap_check() example

<?php

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

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

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)
}