imap_fetch_overview

(PHP 3>= 3.0.4, PHP 4 )

imap_fetch_overview --  Read an overview of the information in the headers of the given message

Description

array imap_fetch_overview ( resource imap_stream, string sequence [, int options])

This function fetches mail headers for the given sequence and returns an overview of their contents. sequence will contain a sequence of message indices or UIDs, if flags contains FT_UID. The returned value is an array of objects describing one message header each:

Example 1. imap_fetch_overview() example

$mbox = imap_open("{your.imap.host:143}","username","password")
     or die("can't connect: ".imap_last_error());
 
$overview = imap_fetch_overview($mbox,"2,4:6",0);
 
if(is_array($overview)) {
        reset($overview);
        while( list($key,$val) = each($overview)) {
                print     $val->msgno
                . " - " . $val->date
                . " - " . $val->subject
                . "\n";
        }
}
 
imap_close($mbox);