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rdx/imap
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Reads and parses e-mail from an IMAP/POP3 source

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IMAP reader
===========

[](#imap-reader)

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Reads e-mails on an IMAP server.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Retrieves message parts
- Recognizes PLAIN & HTML parts
- Recognizes attachments

Uses PHP's built in [IMAP module](http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.imap.php).

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Init connection & find messages:

```
$mbox = new rdx\imap\IMAPMailbox('example.com', 'user', 'password', 'INBOX', ['ssl', 'tls']);
$messages = $mbox->messages([
	'newestFirst' => true, // bool
	'seen' => false, // null|bool
	'limit' => 10, // int
	'offset' => 0, // int
]);

```

See a message's structure:

```
foreach ($messages as $message) {
	echo $message->simpleStructure() . "\n\n";

	// Could be something complex like:
	// 1. PLAIN (517)
	// 2. DELIVERY-STATUS (315)
	// 3. *RFC822 (2446)
	// 3.1. PLAIN (610)
	// 3.2. HTML (744)

	// Or something simple like:
	// 1. PLAIN (123)
	// 2. JPEG (76543)
}

```

Find all HTML parts, including attachments, forwards etc:

```
foreach ($messages as $message) {
	$htmls = $message->html(true); // true for recursive, false for only top level parts
}

```

Read bounce mail to find rejected addresses:

```
foreach ($messages as $message) {
	$body = $message->subtypeContent('DELIVERY-STATUS');
	if ($body && strpos($body, 'failed') !== false) {
		// Extract address and do something
	}
}

```

Find ALL image attachments:

```
foreach ($messages as $message) {
	$attachments = $message->subtypeParts(['JPEG', 'PNG', 'GIF'], true); // true = recursive

	foreach ($attachments as $att) {
		$att->saveAttachment('/some/folder');
	}
}

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~176 days

Recently: every ~205 days

Total

6

Last Release

2216d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/78549c1dc5c83ec0201c9afc66762c6d5bbf770291b12bae5a7a65350f950dba?d=identicon)[rudiedirkx](/maintainers/rudiedirkx)

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Top Contributors

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