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PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  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 CkImap();

//  Turn on session logging for debugging.
$imap->put_KeepSessionLog(true);

//  Connect using TLS.
$imap->put_Ssl(true);
$imap->put_Port(993);
$success = $imap->Connect('imap.example.com');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Authenticate
$success = $imap->Login('email_account_login','email_account_password');
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

//  Search for messages having "Test email" in the subject.
$fetchUids = true;
$criteria = 'SUBJECT \'Test email\'';
$messageSet = new CkMessageSet();
$success = $imap->QueryMbx($criteria,$fetchUids,$messageSet);
if ($success == false) {
    print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Assuming we have 1 or more messages in the set, copy the 1st one to the folder "Inbox.testFolder"
if ($messageSet->get_Count() > 0) {
    $success = $imap->Copy($messageSet->GetId(0),$messageSet->get_HasUids(),'Inbox/testFolder');
    if ($success != true) {
        print $imap->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    }

}

print $imap->sessionLog() . "\n";

print '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

?>