(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
imap_body — Read the message body
imap_body() returns the body of the message,
numbered message_num in the current
mailbox.
imap_body() will only return a verbatim copy of the message body. To extract single parts of a multipart MIME-encoded message you have to use imap_fetchstructure() to analyze its structure and imap_fetchbody() to extract a copy of a single body component.
imapAn IMAP\Connection instance.
message_numThe message number
flags
The optional flags are a bit mask
with one or more of the following:
FT_UID - The message_num is a UID
FT_PEEK - Do not set the \Seen flag if not already set
FT_INTERNAL - The return string is in internal format, will
not canonicalize to CRLF.
Returns the body of the specified message, as a string, or false on failure.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.1.0 |
The imap parameter expects an IMAP\Connection
instance now; previously, a valid imap resource was expected.
|
Simple example on how to read body message of the recent mail.
<?php
$imap = imap_open("{pop.example.com:995/pop3/ssl/novalidate-cert}", "username", "password");
if( $imap ) {
//Check no.of.msgs
$num = imap_num_msg($imap);
//if there is a message in your inbox
if( $num >0 ) {
//read that mail recently arrived
echo imap_qprint(imap_body($imap, $num));
}
//close the stream
imap_close($imap);
}
?>Please note that the UID is NOT unique.
UID of the email may be not unique on the server (2 messages in different folders may have same UID).
Basically, don't use the UID as a unique identifier.