IMAP Library for Laravel

Install

Via Composer

$ composer require webklex/laravel-imap

Setup

Add the service provider to the providers array in config/app.php.

'providers' => [
    Webklex\IMAP\Providers\LaravelServiceProvider::class,
];

If you are planning to use a single account, you might want to add the following to your .env file.

IMAP_HOST=somehost.com
IMAP_PORT=993
IMAP_ENCRYPTION=ssl
IMAP_VALIDATE_CERT=true
IMAP_USERNAME=root@example.com
IMAP_PASSWORD=secret

The following encryption methods are supported:

false   - Disable encryption 
ssl     - Use SSL
tls     - Use TLS

Publishing

You can publish everything at once

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Webklex\IMAP\Providers\LaravelServiceProvider"

Access the IMAP Client by its Facade \Webklex\IMAP\Facades\Client::class. Therefor you might want to add an alias to the aliases array within the config/imap.php file.

'aliases' => [
    'Client' => Webklex\IMAP\Facades\Client::class
];

Usage

This library is designed to handle the native php imap functions more easily and to be able to integrate this package within your current laravel installation.

Here is a basic example, which will echo out all Mails within all imap folders and will move every message into INBOX.read. Please be aware that this should not ben tested in real live but it gives an impression on how things work.

use Webklex\IMAP\Client;

$oClient = new Client([
    'host'          => 'somehost.com',
    'port'          => 993,
    'encryption'    => 'ssl',
    'validate_cert' => true,
    'username'      => 'username',
    'password'      => 'password',
]);

//Connect to the IMAP Server
$oClient->connect();

//Get all Mailboxes
$aMailboxes = $oClient->getFolders();

//Loop through every Mailbox
/** @var \Webklex\IMAP\Folder $oMailbox */
foreach($aMailboxes as $oMailbox){

    //Get all Messages of the current Mailbox
    /** @var \Webklex\IMAP\Message $oMessage */
    foreach($oMailbox->getMessages() as $oMessage){
        echo $oMessage->subject.'<br />';
        echo 'Attachments: '.$oMessage->getAttachments()->count().'<br />';
        echo $oMessage->getHTMLBody(true);
        
        //Move the current Message to 'INBOX.read'
        if($oMessage->moveToFolder('INBOX.read') == true){
            echo 'Message has ben moved';
        }else{
            echo 'Message could not be moved';
        }
    }
}

If you use the Facade \Webklex\IMAP\Facades\Client::class please select an account first:

use Webklex\IMAP\Facades\Client;

$oClient = Webklex\IMAP\Facades\Client::account('default');
$oClient->connect();

You can define your accounts inside the config/imap.php file:

'accounts' => [ 
    'default' => [
        'host'  => env('IMAP_HOST', 'localhost'),
        'port'  => env('IMAP_PORT', 993),
        'encryption'    => env('IMAP_ENCRYPTION', 'ssl'),
        'validate_cert' => env('IMAP_VALIDATE_CERT', true),
        'username' => env('IMAP_USERNAME', 'root@example.com'),
        'password' => env('IMAP_PASSWORD', ''),
    ], 
    'gmail' => [.. ]
]

Documentation

Client::class

Method	Arguments	Return	Description
setConfig	array $config	self	Set the Client configuration. Take a look at config/imap.php for more inspiration.
getConnection	resource $connection	resource	Get the current imap resource
setReadOnly	bool $readOnly	self	Set read only property and reconnect if it's necessary.
setFetchOption	integer $option	self	Fail proof setter for $fetch_option
isReadOnly		bool	Determine if connection is in read only mode.
isConnected		bool	Determine if connection was established.
checkConnection			Determine if connection was established and connect if not.
connect	int $attempts		Connect to server.
disconnect			Disconnect from server.
getFolders	bool $hierarchical, string or null $parent_folder	array	Get folders list. If hierarchical order is set to true, it will make a tree of folders, otherwise it will return flat array.
openFolder	\Webklex\IMAP\Folder $folder		Open a given folder.
createFolder	string $name		Create a new folder.
getMessages	\Webklex\IMAP\Folder $folder, string $criteria	array	Get messages from folder.
getUnseenMessages	\Webklex\IMAP\Folder $folder, string $criteria	array	Get Unseen messages from folder.
getQuota		array	Retrieve the quota level settings, and usage statics per mailbox
getQuotaRoot	string $quota_root	array	Retrieve the quota settings per user
countMessages		int	Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox
countRecentMessages		int	Gets the number of recent messages in current mailbox
getAlerts		array	Returns all IMAP alert messages that have occurred
getErrors		array	Returns all of the IMAP errors that have occurred
getLastError		string	Gets the last IMAP error that occurred during this page request
expunge		bool	Delete all messages marked for deletion
checkCurrentMailbox		object	Check current mailbox

Message::class

Method	Arguments	Return	Description
delete			Delete the current Message
restore			Restore a deleted Message
copy	string $mailbox, int $options		Copy the current Messages to a mailbox
move	string $mailbox, int $options		Move the current Messages to a mailbox
moveToFolder	string $mailbox		Move the Message into an other Folder
hasTextBody			Check if the Message has a text body
hasHTMLBody			Check if the Message has a html body
getTextBody		string	Get the Message text body
getHTMLBody		string	Get the Message html body
getAttachments		collection	Get all message attachments
getClient		Client	Get the current Client instance
getUid		string	Get the current UID
getFetchOptions		string	Get the current fetch option
getMsglist		integer	Get the current message list
getMessageId		integer	Get the current message ID
getMessageNo		integer	Get the current message number
getSubject		string	Get the current subject
getDate		Carbon	Get the current date object
getFrom		array	Get the current from information
getTo		array	Get the current to information
getCc		array	Get the current cc information
getBcc		array	Get the current bcc information
getReplyTo		array	Get the current reply to information
getSender		array	Get the current sender information
getBodies		mixed	Get the current bodies

Folder::class

Method	Arguments	Return	Description
hasChildren		bool	Determine if folder has children.
setChildren	array $children	self	Set children.
getMessages	string $criteria	array	Get messages.
delete			Delete the current Mailbox
move	string $mailbox		Move or Rename the current Mailbox
getStatus	integer $options	object	Returns status information on a mailbox
appendMessage	string $message, string $options, string $internal_date	bool	Append a string message to the current mailbox

Known issues

Error	Solution
Kerberos error: No credentials cache file found (try running kinit) (...)	Uncomment "DISABLE_AUTHENTICATOR" inside config/imap.php
imap_fetchbody() expects parameter 4 to be long, string given (...)	Make sure that imap.options.fetch is a valid integer

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email github@webklex.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Webklex
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.