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<h1 class="refname">imap_append</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imap_append</span> — <span class="dc-title">Append a string message to a specified mailbox</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.imap-append-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>imap_append</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$imap_stream</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$mailbox</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$message</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$internal_date</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Appends a string <code class="parameter">message</code> to the specified <code class="parameter">mailbox</code>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imap-append-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<code class="parameter">
imap_stream</code></dt>
<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>
<code class="parameter">mailbox</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The mailbox name, see <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-open.html" class="function">imap_open()</a></span> for more
information
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</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">message</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The message to be append, as a string
</p>
<p class="para">
When talking to the Cyrus IMAP server, you must use "\r\n" as
your end-of-line terminator instead of "\n" or the operation will
fail
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</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">options</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If provided, the <code class="parameter">options</code> will also be written
to the <code class="parameter">mailbox</code>
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</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">internal_date</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If this parameter is set, it will set the INTERNALDATE on the appended message. The parameter should be a date string that conforms to the rfc2060 specifications for a date_time value.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imap-append-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.imap-append-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
<table class="doctable informaltable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td>5.3.2</td>
<td>
Added INTERNALDATE support to imap_append.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.imap-append-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-4140">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>imap_append()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$stream </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}INBOX.Drafts"</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">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$check </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_check</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Msg Count before append: "</span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$check</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Nmsgs </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_append</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts"<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"From: me@example.com\r\n"<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"To: you@example.com\r\n"<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Subject: test\r\n"<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\r\n"<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"this is a test message, please ignore\r\n"<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$check </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_check</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Msg Count after append : "</span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$check</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Nmsgs </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">imap_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stream</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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