php man page for imap_getmailboxes

IMAP_GETMAILBOXES(3)							 1						      IMAP_GETMAILBOXES(3)

imap_getmailboxes - Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one

SYNOPSIS
       array imap_getmailboxes (resource  $imap_stream, string	$ref, string  $pattern)

DESCRIPTION
	Gets information on the mailboxes.

PARAMETERS
	      o $
		imap_stream -An IMAP stream returned by imap_open(3).

	      o $ref
		-$ref should normally be just the server specification as described in imap_open(3)

	      o $pattern
		-Specifies  where  in  the mailbox hierarchy to start searching.There are two special characters you can pass as part of the $pat-
		tern: ' *' and ' %'. ' *' means to return all mailboxes. If you pass $pattern as ' *', you will get a list of the  entire  mailbox
		hierarchy. ' %' means to return the current level only. ' %' as the $pattern parameter will return only the top level mailboxes; '
		~/mail/%' on UW_IMAPD will return every mailbox in the ~/mail directory, but none in subfolders of that directory.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns an array of objects containing mailbox information. Each object has the attributes $name, specifying the full name of the mailbox;
       $delimiter,  which  is  the hierarchy delimiter for the part of the hierarchy this mailbox is in; and $attributes. $Attributes is a bitmask
       that can be tested against:

	      o LATT_NOINFERIORS - This mailbox contains, and may not contain any "children" (there are no  mailboxes  below  this  one).  Calling
		imap_createmailbox(3) will not work on this mailbox.

	      o LATT_NOSELECT - This is only a container, not a mailbox - you cannot open it.

	      o LATT_MARKED - This mailbox is marked. This means that it may contain new messages since the last time it was checked. Not provided
		by all IMAP servers.

	      o LATT_UNMARKED - This mailbox is not marked, does not contain new messages. If either MARKED  or  UNMARKED  is  provided,  you  can
		assume the IMAP server supports this feature for this mailbox.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      imap_getmailboxes(3) example

	      <?php
	      $mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org}", "username", "password", OP_HALFOPEN)
		    or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error());

	      $list = imap_getmailboxes($mbox, "{imap.example.org}", "*");
	      if (is_array($list)) {
		  foreach ($list as $key => $val) {
		      echo "($key) ";
		      echo imap_utf7_decode($val->name) . ",";
		      echo "'" . $val->delimiter . "',";
		      echo $val->attributes . "<br />
";
		  }
	      } else {
		  echo "imap_getmailboxes failed: " . imap_last_error() . "
";
	      }

	      imap_close($mbox);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       imap_getsubscribed(3).

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