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# imap_getmailboxes

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.12, PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_getmailboxes -- Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one

## Description

array imap_getmailboxes ( resource imap_stream, string ref, string pattern )

Returns an array of objects containing mailbox information. Each object has the attributes name, specifying the full name of the mailbox; delimiter, which is the hierarchy delimiter for the part of the hierarchy this mailbox is in; and attributes. Attributes is a bitmask that can be tested against:

- `LATT_NOINFERIORS` - This mailbox has no "children" (there are no mailboxes below this one).

- `LATT_NOSELECT` - This is only a container, not a mailbox - you cannot open it.

- `LATT_MARKED` - This mailbox is marked. Only used by UW-IMAPD.

- `LATT_UNMARKED` - This mailbox is not marked. Only used by UW-IMAPD.

Mailbox names containing international Characters outside the printable ASCII range will be encoded and may be decoded by imap_utf7_decode().

ref should normally be just the server specification as described in imap_open(), and pattern specifies where in the mailbox hierarchy to start searching. If you want all mailboxes, pass '*' for pattern.

There are two special characters you can pass as part of the pattern: '*' and '%'. '*' means to return all mailboxes. If you pass pattern as '*', you will get a list of the entire mailbox hierarchy. '%' means to return the current level only. '%' as the pattern parameter will return only the top level mailboxes; '~/mail/%' on UW_IMAPD will return every mailbox in the ~/mail directory, but none in subfolders of that directory.

Example 1. imap_getmailboxes() example
`<?php $mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org}", "username", "password", OP_HALFOPEN) or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error()); $list = imap_getmailboxes($mbox, "{imap.example.org}", "*"); if (is_array($list)) { foreach ($list as $key => $val) { echo "($key) "; echo imap_utf7_decode($val->name) . ","; echo "'" . $val->delimiter . "',"; echo $val->attributes . "<br />\n"; } } else { echo "imap_getmailboxes failed: " . imap_last_error() . "\n"; } imap_close($mbox); ?>`

See also imap_getsubscribed().

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