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imap_fetchstructure

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

imap_fetchstructureRead the structure of a particular message

Description

imap_fetchstructure ( resource $imap_stream , int $msg_number [, int $options = 0 ] ) : object|false

Fetches all the structured information for a given message.

Parameters

imap_stream

An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

msg_number

The message number

options

This optional parameter only has a single option, FT_UID, which tells the function to treat the msg_number argument as a UID.

Return Values

Returns an object with properties listed in the table below, or false on failure.

Returned Object for imap_fetchstructure()
type Primary body type
encoding Body transfer encoding
ifsubtype true if there is a subtype string
subtype MIME subtype
ifdescription true if there is a description string
description Content description string
ifid true if there is an identification string
id Identification string
lines Number of lines
bytes Number of bytes
ifdisposition true if there is a disposition string
disposition Disposition string
ifdparameters true if the dparameters array exists
dparameters An array of objects where each object has an "attribute" and a "value" property corresponding to the parameters on the Content-disposition MIME header.
ifparameters true if the parameters array exists
parameters An array of objects where each object has an "attribute" and a "value" property.
parts An array of objects identical in structure to the top-level object, each of which corresponds to a MIME body part.
Primary body type (value may vary with used library, use of constants is recommended)
Value Type Constant
0 text TYPETEXT
1 multipart TYPEMULTIPART
2 message TYPEMESSAGE
3 application TYPEAPPLICATION
4 audio TYPEAUDIO
5 image TYPEIMAGE
6 video TYPEVIDEO
7 model TYPEMODEL
8 other TYPEOTHER
Transfer encodings (value may vary with used library, use of constants is recommended)
Value Type Constant
0 7bit ENC7BIT
1 8bit ENC8BIT
2 Binary ENCBINARY
3 Base64 ENCBASE64
4 Quoted-Printable ENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE
5 other ENCOTHER

See Also

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-fetchstructure.php