A function that searches a mime email structure for certain arguments passed in a sql type syntax and returns an array of the part numbers that fulfilled all the arguments. Useful for finding the body text of emails. See the extended description for details.
By : ethilien
imap_searchstruct
imap_searchstruct -- Search the structure of a mime email message for a query string and return an array of the mime-parts that match all the criteria.
Description
array imap_searchstruct ( array struct, string query )
This will search the structure of a mail message as returned by the function imap_fetchstructure, and return an array of the parts that match all the query arguments. The returned array of parts are intended for use in imap_fetchbody function.
Example 1. imap_searchstruct() example
<?php
// Include the imap_fetchstruct.php file to add support for the function.
include (imap_searchstruct.php);
// Set up the server vars
$server = "mail.example.com";
$user = "example@example.com";
$password = "password";
// Initialize the mailserver connection.
$mserver = imap_open ("{" . $server . ":110/pop3}INBOX", $user, $password);
$nmsgs = imap_num_msg ($mserver);
for ($i = 1; $i <= $nmsgs; $i++)
{
// Fetch the structure for each message.
$struct = imap_fetchstructure ($mserver, $i);
// Perform the search. This query will return all the body text of an email.
$parts = imap_searchstruct ($struct, "type = '0' & subtype = 'plain' & disposition != 'attachment'");
// Fetch and echo the content of the first mime-part in the $parts array.
$body = imap_fetchbody ($mserver, $i, $parts[0]);
echo ($body);
}
// Cloes the mailserver connection.
imap_close ($mserver);
?>
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