PHP Extension

Send a Raw POP3 Command

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.Pop3SendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the POP3 server and returns the server's response. The second argument specifies the charset to use if the command contains non-US-ASCII characters. This example sends the POP3 STAT command within an open session.

Background: POP3 is a simple line-based text protocol — the client sends short commands like STAT, LIST, UIDL, or RETR and the server replies with +OK or -ERR. This method is an escape hatch for issuing a command Chilkat doesn't wrap directly, or a server-specific extension. Note that the session must already be open, since a raw command assumes an authenticated connection.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.Pop3SendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the POP3
//  server and returns the server's response.  The second argument is the charset used if the
//  command contains non-US-ASCII characters.

$mailman = new CkMailMan();

//  Configure the POP3 server connection.
$mailman->put_MailHost('pop.example.com');
$mailman->put_MailPort(995);
$mailman->put_PopSsl(true);
$mailman->put_PopUsername('user@example.com');
$mailman->put_PopPassword('myPassword');

$success = $mailman->Pop3BeginSession();
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Send the raw POP3 STAT command, which returns the message count and maildrop size.
$response = $mailman->pop3SendRawCommand('STAT','us-ascii');
if ($mailman->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'STAT response: ' . $response . "\n";

$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>