IMAP: Getting emails from gmail

Question

I want to get emails from gmail, but I want to get the folder 'All Mail'

I have the following:

$server = '{imap.gmail.com:993/ssl}';
$user = 'myUser';
$password = 'myPassword';
$connection = imap_open($server, $user, $password);
$count = imap_num_msg($connection);
echo $count;

The echo however is echoing the emails in the inbox only, how can I make it read a certain folder, or all the folders?

Thank you!

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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Use this to get all mail:

$server = '{imap.gmail.com:993/ssl}[Gmail]/All Mail';

We went round and round on this awhile; see here:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8178514/776695

As stated here, use imap_list to see which individual folders are available

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Dec 07 '11 at 18:11

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Sebastian Paaske Tørholm · Answer 2 · 2011-12-07T18:51:52.307

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You can use imap_status to get the message count for a given folder.

To find all folders, you can use imap_list.

To find messages in folders, you can for instance use imap_search. These can then be accessed using e.g. imap_headerinfo and imap_body

For further information, please consult the documentation of the IMAP functions in PHP.

edited Dec 07 '11 at 18:51

answered Dec 07 '11 at 18:08

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Thanks! But then how do I access the messages in those folders? – luqita Dec 07 '11 at 18:40
@luqita Edited answer with a few suggestions. – Sebastian Paaske Tørholm Dec 07 '11 at 18:54
Can you please give me an example? I am not sure what to do, what to search for, etc. – luqita Dec 07 '11 at 19:42
If you need examples, see the documentation linked or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8157980/how-can-i-pull-out-the-contents-from-an-email-and-write-them-in-a-mysql-table . – Sebastian Paaske Tørholm Dec 07 '11 at 20:47

IMAP: Getting emails from gmail

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