IMAP_PING(3) 1 IMAP_PING(3)
imap_ping - Check if the IMAP stream is still active
SYNOPSIS
bool imap_ping (resource $imap_stream)
DESCRIPTION
imap_ping(3) pings the stream to see if it's still active. It may discover new mail; this is the preferred method for a periodic "new mail
check" as well as a "keep alive" for servers which have inactivity timeout.
PARAMETERS
o $
imap_stream -An IMAP stream returned by imap_open(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if the stream is still alive, FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
imap_ping(3) Example
<?php
$imap = imap_open("{imap.example.org}", "mailadmin", "password");
// after some sleeping
if (!imap_ping($imap)) {
// do some stuff to reconnect
}
?>
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