When we want to copy more than one mail, we can write '(string)' before msg_num. Like..
$msg_num = "1,2,3,4,5,6,7";
$copy = imap_mail_copy($imap_stream, (string) $msg_num, '[Gmail]/Important', CP_UID);
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
imap_mail_copy — Copy specified messages to a mailbox
$imap_stream
, string $msglist
, string $mailbox
[, int $options = 0
] )
Copies mail messages specified by msglist
to specified mailbox.
imap_streamAn IMAP stream returned by imap_open().
msglist
msglist is a range not just message
numbers (as described in » RFC2060).
mailboxThe mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information
options
options is a bitmask of one or more of
CP_UID - the sequence numbers contain UIDS
CP_MOVE - Delete the messages from
the current mailbox after copying
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
When we want to copy more than one mail, we can write '(string)' before msg_num. Like..
$msg_num = "1,2,3,4,5,6,7";
$copy = imap_mail_copy($imap_stream, (string) $msg_num, '[Gmail]/Important', CP_UID);
If you use this function and you get the following notice:
Notice: Unknown: IMAP protocol error: Could not parse command (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0
Notice: Unknown: Could not parse command (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0
you should check the function parameters. This notice appears (according to what I found on the internet and my problems) when it gets an invalid $msglist. So be sure to give the right number (as a String!):
"$msg_num", $msg_num or (string) $msg_num.
Dont use '$msg_num' when calling the function, this will literally send the string $msg_num.
You can give a string like "1,3,5,7,8", which will work perfectly fine to move the given mails.
I had all my mailnumbers in an array ( $messageSet) and used
<?php
$messageSetImpl = implode ( "," , $messageSet );
imap_mail_copy( $imapStream, $messageSetImpl, $mailBox )
?>
What I hadn't had thougt of was that my $messageSet was sometimes empty, that was when I got the notice. So you might want to check that by putting first:
<?php
if ( !( empty( $messageSet ) ) ) {
$messageSetImpl = implode ( "," , $messageSet );
imap_mail_copy( $imapStream, $messageSetImpl, $mailBox )
}
?>
That should work.
If you are having problems getting imap_mail_copy and imap_mail_move to work, check you have installed imap_devel (the imap development libraries) as well as imap (the imap daemon). Without it, PHP appears to configure correctly --with-imap, but some functions do not work.
It took me about 12 hours to figure this out!!
After much fooling around, imap_mail_copy did work for me. One thing you might want to check, if you are having problems, is the new mailbox name. Make sure it is just a folder name, e.g. INBOX.haha without the server part.
imap_ mail_ move and imap_mail_copy don't work with sequence numbers on MS Exchange. imap_ uid in combination with CP_UID works fine.