retrieve mail in php

retrieving mail in php

[Z_scorp]

hi,

can some plz tell me how to retrive mail in php.
if you could post me code that would be great.

thanx

[dreamcatcher]

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[Z_scorp]

hi,

i did not mean to send mail.
i mean how to retrive mail using php code.

thanx

[Romeo]

First you should be clear about "where" you want to retrieve mail from, and what you will do with these mails. Are you talking about a web-mail interface?

You need a basic underlying mail infrastructure: an accessible POP3 or IMAP mail service, where your incoming mails had to be delivered to, before you can start to retrieve anything.

If you have a working IMAP on your server, then you may look at the web-mail product [squirrelmail.org...] , which is written in PHP.

It is an Open Source project, so you can have a look at their code to get an idea on how they do it.

Kind regards,
R.

[jatar_k]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld Z_scorp,

have you looked at this
[php.net...]

[hakre]

Z_scorp, do you mean that your php script is executed when a mail arrives at a certain mail address?

this can be done via a pipe, checkout some related threads here:
Trying to pipe email to php script [webmasterworld.com]
Can PHP recieve emails? [webmasterworld.com]