imap_fetchstructure

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imap_fetchstructureRead the structure of a particular message

Description

imap_fetchstructure(IMAP\Connection$imap, int$message_num, int$flags = 0): stdClass|false

Fetches all the structured information for a given message.

Parameters

imap

An IMAP\Connection instance.

message_num

The message number

flags

This optional parameter only has a single option, FT_UID, which tells the function to treat the message_num 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()
typePrimary body type
encodingBody transfer encoding
ifsubtypetrue if there is a subtype string
subtypeMIME subtype
ifdescriptiontrue if there is a description string
descriptionContent description string
ifidtrue if there is an identification string
idIdentification string
linesNumber of lines
bytesNumber of bytes
ifdispositiontrue if there is a disposition string
dispositionDisposition string
ifdparameterstrue if the dparameters array exists
dparametersAn array of objects where each object has an "attribute" and a "value" property corresponding to the parameters on the Content-dispositionMIME header.
ifparameterstrue if the parameters array exists
parametersAn array of objects where each object has an "attribute" and a "value" property.
partsAn 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)
ValueTypeConstant
0textTYPETEXT
1multipartTYPEMULTIPART
2messageTYPEMESSAGE
3applicationTYPEAPPLICATION
4audioTYPEAUDIO
5imageTYPEIMAGE
6videoTYPEVIDEO
7modelTYPEMODEL
8otherTYPEOTHER

Transfer encodings (value may vary with used library, use of constants is recommended)
ValueTypeConstant
07bitENC7BIT
18bitENC8BIT
2BinaryENCBINARY
3Base64ENCBASE64
4Quoted-PrintableENCQUOTEDPRINTABLE
5otherENCOTHER

Changelog

VersionDescription
8.1.0 The imap parameter expects an IMAP\Connection instance now; previously, a valid imapresource was expected.

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