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imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist

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imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist — Parses an address string

Description

imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist ( string $address , string $default_host ) : array

Parses the address string as defined in » RFC2822 and for each address.

Parameters

address

A string containing addresses

default_host

The default host name

Return Values

Returns an array of objects. The objects properties are:

  • mailbox - the mailbox name (username)
  • host - the host name
  • personal - the personal name
  • adl - at domain source route

Examples

Example #1 imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist() example

<?php

$address_string = "Joe Doe <[email protected]>, [email protected], root";
$address_array  = imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist($address_string, "example.com");
if (!is_array($address_array) || count($address_array) < 1) {
    die("something is wrong\n");
}

foreach ($address_array as $id => $val) {
    echo "# $id\n";
    echo "  mailbox : " . $val->mailbox . "\n";
    echo "  host    : " . $val->host . "\n";
    echo "  personal: " . $val->personal . "\n";
    echo "  adl     : " . $val->adl . "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output:

# 0
  mailbox : doe
  host    : example.com
  personal: Joe Doe
  adl     : 
# 1
  mailbox : postmaster
  host    : example.com
  personal: 
  adl     : 
# 2
  mailbox : root
  host    : example.com
  personal: 
  adl     :

See Also

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-rfc822-parse-adrlist.php