PHP Extension

Append a MIME Message to an IMAP Mailbox

Demonstrates the Chilkat Imap.AppendMime method, which uploads a complete RFC 822/MIME message to a mailbox. The first argument is the destination mailbox name and the second is the MIME text. This example obtains the MIME from an Email object and uploads it to Drafts.

Background: Use AppendMime when you already hold a message's raw source — a .eml file, a message you assembled, or one you received. Chilkat sends the text exactly as supplied, without normalizing line endings or re-encoding headers, so every header and MIME boundary is preserved verbatim. The supplied text must be plain text (no raw non-text binary bytes).

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  Demonstrates the Imap.AppendMime method, which uploads a complete MIME message to a mailbox.
//  The 1st argument is the destination mailbox name and the 2nd is the MIME text.

$imap = new CkImap();

$imap->put_Ssl(true);
$imap->put_Port(993);

$success = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $imap->Login('user@example.com','myPassword');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Build the email to be uploaded.
$email = new CkEmail();
$email->put_Subject('Meeting agenda');
$email->put_From('Alice <alice@example.com>');
$success = $email->AddTo('Bob','bob@example.com');
$email->put_Body('Let's meet at 10am to review the agenda.');

//  Obtain the MIME text to upload.  Here it is generated from the Email, but it could equally
//  be read from a .eml file.
$mimeText = $email->getMime();
if ($email->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $email->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Append (upload) the MIME to the "Drafts" mailbox.
$success = $imap->AppendMime('Drafts',$mimeText);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Appended UID: ' . $imap->get_AppendUid() . "\n";

$success = $imap->Disconnect();
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>