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jfoucher/email-parser
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Parse an email into an object representation

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README
======

[](#readme)

What is msEmailParser?
----------------------

[](#what-is-msemailparser)

A utility to parse incoming emails into an object representation. This uses some of the tests from  and is heavily inspired by

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

[](#installation)

### Use Composer (*recommended*)

[](#use-composer-recommended)

The recommended way to install msEmailParser is through composer.

If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on  or just run the following command:

```
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php

```

Just create a `composer.json` file for your project:

```
{
    "require": {
        "michaelesmith/email-parser": "*"
    }
}
```

For more info on composer see

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

### Basic

[](#basic)

```
$parser = new \MS\Email\Parser\Parser();
$message = $parser->parse($email);

// address object
$message->getFrom();

// email address
$message->getFrom()->getAddress();

// name if given
$message->getFrom()->getName();

// date sent
$message->getDate()

// date sent as DateTime object (PHP 5.3+)
$message->getDateAsDateTime()

// string
$message->getSubject();

// decoded plain text part
$message->getTextBody();

// decoded html body part
$message->getHtmlBody();

// attachments
$attachments = $message->getAttachments();
// attachment object
$attachments[0]
// methods
$attachments[0]->getFilename();
$attachments[0]->getMimeType();
// decoded attachment content
$attachments[0]->getContent();

```

### Encodings supported

[](#encodings-supported)

```
* base64
* quoted-printable
* 7bit
* 8bit

```

More usage can be found in the tests

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.8% 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

2631d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![jfoucher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/152015?v=4)](https://github.com/jfoucher "jfoucher (23 commits)")[![michaelesmith](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/181546?v=4)](https://github.com/michaelesmith "michaelesmith (11 commits)")[![SebSept](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2592502?v=4)](https://github.com/SebSept "SebSept (3 commits)")[![skeemer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/864069?v=4)](https://github.com/skeemer "skeemer (3 commits)")[![manhart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46067874?v=4)](https://github.com/manhart "manhart (2 commits)")

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