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Demonstrates IMAP Session Logging

Demonstrates how to enable IMAP session logging and examine the session log.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$imap = new COM("Chilkat.Imap");

// Turn on session logging:
$imap->KeepSessionLog = 1;

// Connect to GMail
// Use TLS
$imap->Ssl = 1;
$imap->Port = 993;
$success = $imap->Connect('imap.gmail.com');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Login
// Your login is typically your GMail email address.
$success = $imap->Login('username@gmail.com','myPassword');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Select an IMAP mailbox
$success = $imap->SelectMailbox('Inbox');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $imap->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the session log.
print $imap->SessionLog . "\n";

// The session log will look like this:

// ----INFO----
// Connecting to IMAP server at imap.gmail.com:993
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * OK Gimap ready for requests from ...
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaab LOGIN "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 UIDPLUS COMPRESS=DEFLATE ENABLE MOVE CONDSTORE ESEARCH UTF8=ACCEPT LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS LITERAL- SPECIAL-USE APPENDLIMIT=35651584
// aaab OK chilkat.support@gmail.com authenticated (Success)
// ----IMAP REQUEST----
// aaac SELECT "Inbox"
// ----IMAP RESPONSE----
// * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $MDNSent $NotPhishing $Phishing $label1 $label2 $label3 $label4 $label5 Junk NonJunk)
// * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $Forwarded $MDNSent $NotPhishing $Phishing $label1 $label2 $label3 $label4 $label5 Junk NonJunk \*)] Flags permitted.
// * OK [UIDVALIDITY 3] UIDs valid.
// * 29 EXISTS
// * 0 RECENT
// * OK [UIDNEXT 6286] Predicted next UID.
// * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 813897]
// aaac OK [READ-WRITE] Inbox selected. (Success)

// Disconnect from the IMAP server.
$success = $imap->Disconnect();

?>