imap_fetch_overview

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.4, PHP 4, PHP 5)

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

<?php
$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)) {
    foreach (
$overview as $val) {
        echo
"$val->msgno - $val->date - $val->subject\n";
    }
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>