You can prevent imap_check from flagging new/recent messages as checked by calling imap_open with the "/readonly" or OP_READONLY flags.
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
imap_check — Check current mailbox
$imap_stream
)Checks information about the current mailbox.
Returns the information in an object with following properties:
Date - current system time formatted according to » RFC2822
Driver - protocol used to access this mailbox:
POP3, IMAP, NNTP
Mailbox - the mailbox name
Nmsgs - number of messages in the mailbox
Recent - number of recent messages in the mailbox
Returns FALSE on failure.
Example #1 imap_check() example
<?php
$imap_obj = imap_check($imap_stream);
var_dump($imap_obj);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
object(stdClass)(5) {
["Date"]=>
string(37) "Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:56:54 +0100 (CET)"
["Driver"]=>
string(4) "imap"
["Mailbox"]=>
string(54)
"{www.example.com:143/imap/user="foo@example.com"}INBOX"
["Nmsgs"]=>
int(1)
["Recent"]=>
int(0)
}
You can prevent imap_check from flagging new/recent messages as checked by calling imap_open with the "/readonly" or OP_READONLY flags.
The imap_check ($stream); function will return real-time information about the e-mail box (at least imap) during one connection :)
Running this on a mailbox will mark recent/new messages as checked.
You can NOT prevent imap_check from flagging new/recent messages when using POP3 enabling the "/readonly" or OP_READONLY flags or options.