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IMAP Copy Email from Selected Folder to Another Folder

Copies an email from the selected mailbox (folder) to another mailbox (folder).

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Imap;
use Chilkat2\MessageSet;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// This example copies an email from one mailbox to another.
$imap = new Imap();

// Turn on session logging for debugging.
$imap->KeepSessionLog = true;

// Connect using TLS.
$imap->Ssl = true;
$imap->Port = 993;
try {
    $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');

    // Authenticate
    $imap->Login('email_account_login', 'email_account_password');

    // Select an IMAP mailbox
    $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox');

    // Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
    $fetchUids = true;
    $criteria = 'SUBJECT "Test email"';
    $messageSet = new MessageSet();
    $imap->QueryMbx($criteria, $fetchUids, $messageSet);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if ($messageSet->Count > 0) {
    try {
        $imap->Copy($messageSet->GetId(0), $messageSet->HasUids, 'Inbox/testFolder');
    } catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
        echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    }
}

echo $imap->SessionLog, "\n";

echo "OK\n";

// Sample sessiong log:

// ----INFO----
// Connecting to IMAP server at outlook.office365.com:993
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready. [QgBMADAAUABSADAAMQAwADIAQwBBADAAMAA3ADAALgBwAHIAbwBkAC4AZQB4AGMAaABhAG4AZwBlAGwAYQBiAHMALgBjAG8AbQA=]
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaab LOGIN "chilkat@live.com"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// aaab OK LOGIN completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaac SELECT "Inbox"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * 28 EXISTS
// * 0 RECENT
// * FLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)
// * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft $MDNSent)] Permanent flags
// * OK [UNSEEN 23] Is the first unseen message
// * OK [UIDVALIDITY 14] UIDVALIDITY value
// * OK [UIDNEXT 6416] The next unique identifier value
// aaac OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaad UID SEARCH SUBJECT "Test email"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * SEARCH 6414
// aaad OK SEARCH completed.
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaae UID COPY 6414 "Inbox/testFolder"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// aaae OK [COPYUID 180 6414 1] COPY completed.
//
// OK