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<h1 class="refname">imap_list</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imap_list</span> — <span class="dc-title">Read the list of mailboxes</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.imap-list-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imap_list</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$imap_stream</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$ref</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Read the list of mailboxes.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imap-list-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<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">ref</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">ref</code></em> should normally be just the server
specification as described in <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-open.html" class="function">imap_open()</a></span>.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">Specifies where in the mailbox hierarchy
to start searching.</p><p class="para">There are two special characters you can
pass as part of the <em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em>:
'<em>*</em>' and '<em>%</em>'.
'<em>*</em>' means to return all mailboxes. If you pass
<em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em> as '<em>*</em>', you will
get a list of the entire mailbox hierarchy.
'<em>%</em>'
means to return the current level only.
'<em>%</em>' as the <em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em>
parameter will return only the top level
mailboxes; '<em>~/mail/%</em>' on <em>UW_IMAPD</em> will return every mailbox in the <var class="filename">~/mail</var> directory, but none in subfolders of that directory.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imap-list-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an array containing the names of the mailboxes.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.imap-list-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-3363">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>imap_list()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$mbox </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_open</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"{imap.example.org}"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"username"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"password"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">OP_HALFOPEN</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"can't connect: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_last_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$list </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_list</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mbox</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"{imap.example.org}"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"*"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_array</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$list</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$list </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_utf7_decode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />} else {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"imap_list failed: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_last_error</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mbox</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.imap-list-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-getmailboxes.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_getmailboxes()</a> - Read the list of mailboxes, returning detailed information on each one</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-lsub.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_lsub()</a> - List all the subscribed mailboxes</span></li>
</ul>
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