PHP Extension

Process Large POP3 Mailbox

Demonstrates how to read email from a mailbox that may contain a large number of emails. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$mailman = new CkMailMan();

$mailman->put_MailHost('pop.example.com');

$mailman->put_PopUsername('myLogin');
$mailman->put_PopPassword('myPassword');

$mailman->put_MailPort(995);
$mailman->put_PopSsl(true);

// Get the list of UIDLs for all emails in the mailbox.
$stUidls = new CkStringTable();
$success = $mailman->FetchUidls($stUidls);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download each email by UIDL.
$email = new CkEmail();

$count = $stUidls->get_Count();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $count) {
    // Download the full email.
    $uidl = $stUidls->stringAt($i);
    $success = $mailman->FetchByUidl($uidl,false,0,$email);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print $i . "\n";
    print 'UIDL: ' . $uidl . "\n";
    print 'From: ' . $email->from() . "\n";
    print 'Subject: ' . $email->subject() . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$mailman->Pop3EndSession();

?>