imap_msgno
imap_num_msg($stream) does only return a correct result, if you did not append , delete, etc messages from the mailbox.
Otherwise you have to call imap_check($stream) to update the value for this function.
imap_num_msg
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_num_msg — Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox
Description
int imap_num_msg
( resource
$imap_stream
)Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox.
Return Values
Return the number of messages in the current mailbox, as an integer.
See Also
- imap_num_recent() - Gets the number of recent messages in current mailbox
- imap_status() - Returns status information on a mailbox
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User Contributed Notes
imap_num_msg
Oliver
13-Apr-2006 10:53
comlampe at aol dot com
08-Apr-2004 07:30
While imap_status sets "read"-Flag when used, imap_num_msg does not touch any flag.