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<h1 class="refname">imap_body</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imap_body</span> — <span class="dc-title">Read the message body</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imap_body</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$imap_stream</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$msg_number</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>imap_body()</strong></span> returns the body of the message,
numbered <em><code class="parameter">msg_number</code></em> in the current
mailbox.
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<p class="para">
<span class="function"><strong>imap_body()</strong></span> will only return a verbatim copy of the
message body. To extract single parts of a multipart MIME-encoded
message you have to use <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-fetchstructure.html" class="function">imap_fetchstructure()</a></span> to
analyze its structure and <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-fetchbody.html" class="function">imap_fetchbody()</a></span> to
extract a copy of a single body component.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imap-body-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
imap_stream</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">An IMAP stream returned by
<span class="function"><a href="function.imap-open.html" class="function">imap_open()</a></span>.</p></dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">msg_number</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The message number
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">options</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The optional <em><code class="parameter">options</code></em> are a bit mask
with one or more of the following:
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
<strong><code>FT_UID</code></strong> - The <em><code class="parameter">msg_number</code></em> is a UID
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
<strong><code>FT_PEEK</code></strong> - Do not set the \Seen flag if not already set
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
<strong><code>FT_INTERNAL</code></strong> - The return string is in internal format, will
not canonicalize to CRLF.
</span>
</li>
</ul>
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imap-body-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the body of the specified message, as a string.
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