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haogood/php-imap
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Get email contents and attachments using php imap extension.

v1.0.1(8y ago)0451[1 issues](https://github.com/Haogood/PHP-IMAP/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Mar 15Pushed 7y agoCompare

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Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 5.5.0
- IMAP PHP Extension

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require haogood/php-imap

```

Initialize
----------

[](#initialize)

```
use IMAP\IMAPMailbox;
$host = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}';
$user = 'user@gmail.com';
$pwd = '******';
$mailbox = new IMAPMailbox($host, $user, $pwd);
```

Search
------

[](#search)

```
$emails = $mailbox->search('ALL');
```

Fetch header info
-----------------

[](#fetch-header-info)

```
foreach ($emails as $email) {

    // Header info
    $headerinfo = $email->fetchHeaderinfo();

    // Author
    $author = $headerinfo->from->personal;

    // Sender address
    $from = $headerinfo->from->mailbox.'@'.$headerinfo->from->host;

    // Timestamp
    $timstamp = $headerinfo->udate;

    // Contents
    $contents = $email->getBody();

}
```

Fetch attachments
-----------------

[](#fetch-attachments)

```
foreach ($emails as $email) {
    foreach($email->getAttachments() as $attachment) {

        // Filename
        $filename = $attachment->getFilename();

        // Extension
        $ext = $attachment->getExtension();

        // Attachment file
        $file = $attachment->getBody();

        // Attchment info
        $info = $attachment->getInfo();

    }
}
```

Reference
---------

[](#reference)

- [hakre/imap-attachment.php](https://gist.github.com/hakre/2363305)
- [electrictoolbox](https://www.electrictoolbox.com/extract-attachments-email-php-imap/)

License
-------

[](#license)

`haogood/php-imap` is licensed under [The MIT License (MIT)](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3030d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96464502?v=4)[Haogood](/maintainers/Haogood)[@HaoGood](https://github.com/HaoGood)

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Top Contributors

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