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<h1 class="refname">imap_listscan</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imap_listscan</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the list of mailboxes that matches the given text</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imap_listscan</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">$pattern</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$content</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Returns an array containing the names of the mailboxes that have
<em><code class="parameter">content</code></em> in the text of the mailbox.
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<p class="para">
This function is similar to <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-listmailbox.html" class="function">imap_listmailbox()</a></span>,
but it will additionally check for the presence of the string
<em><code class="parameter">content</code></em> inside the mailbox data.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imap-listscan-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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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>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">ref</code></em></span>
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<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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<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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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">content</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The searched string
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imap-listscan-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an array containing the names of the mailboxes that have
<em><code class="parameter">content</code></em> in the text of the mailbox.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.imap-listscan-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-listmailbox.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_listmailbox()</a> - Alias of imap_list</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-search.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_search()</a> - This function returns an array of messages matching the given search criteria</span></li>
</ul>
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