IMAP IDLE / NOTIFY extension about php-imap

[olealgoritme]

Why don't you just pull...?

[tetrode]

Hi

I'm a bit new to all these terms (pull, fork, etc).

Do you mean get your source and write it myself and contribute back? I've
been thinking about it...

Best

Mark

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:40 PM, thailemon [email protected] wrote:

Why don't you just pull...?

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[barbushin]

@tetrode Yes, just make a fork, commit your changes, and proceed pull request. There is a lot information in Google how to do this :) Right now I don't have enough free time to do this by myself.

[tetrode]

Thanks, I will surely find this on google!

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Sergey [email protected] wrote:

@tetrode https://github.com/tetrode Yes, just make a fork, commit your
changes, and proceed pull request. There is a lot information in Google how
to do this :)

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[zgmunshi]

@tetrode Hi,
I too am using this library but now looking to implement imap idle in it.If you have made any progress kindly let me know.

Regards,
Zeeshan.

[tetrode]

Hi Zeeshan

I have been looking into the IDLE / NOTIFY extension of the IMAP protocol.
It works basically as follows:

-> telnet to IMAP server
-> login with user, password
-> say IDLE to the remote server
-> wait in a blocking get
-> when new mail comes in, the server will inform you

Due to this blocking get (you never know when the next e-mail is coming in)
this is not suitable for php scripts that run in a web browser.

It can serve in a php script that runs as a daemon (this is how I will use
it).

I have a semi working script here, you can use the code - no license
attached :-)

http://pastebin.com/faXTpAWs

Best

Mark

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Zeeshan [email protected] wrote:

@tetrode https://github.com/tetrode Hi,
I too am using this library but now looking to implement imap idle in
it.If you have made any progress kindly let me know.

Regards,
Zeeshan.

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[zgmunshi]

Thanks Mark.

Will surely give it a try.

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:00 AM, tetrode [email protected] wrote:

Hi Zeeshan

I have been looking into the IDLE / NOTIFY extension of the IMAP protocol.
It works basically as follows:

-> telnet to IMAP server
-> login with user, password
-> say IDLE to the remote server
-> wait in a blocking get
-> when new mail comes in, the server will inform you

Due to this blocking get (you never know when the next e-mail is coming
in)
this is not suitable for php scripts that run in a web browser.

It can serve in a php script that runs as a daemon (this is how I will use
it).

I have a semi working script here, you can use the code - no license
attached :-)

http://pastebin.com/faXTpAWs

Best

Mark

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Zeeshan [email protected]
wrote:

@tetrode https://github.com/tetrode Hi,
I too am using this library but now looking to implement imap idle in
it.If you have made any progress kindly let me know.

Regards,
Zeeshan.

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[pguptaoctal]

Dear tetrode,

I am also looking for the same thing, did you get it, if yes then please share with me ?

Regards
Pankaj

[tetrode]

I have been looking into the IDLE / NOTIFY extension of the IMAP protocol.
It works basically as follows:

-> telnet to IMAP server
-> login with user, password
-> say IDLE to the remote server
-> wait in a blocking get
-> when new mail comes in, the server will inform you

Due to this blocking get (you never know when the next e-mail is coming in)
this is not suitable for php scripts that run in a web browser.

It can serve in a php script that runs as a daemon (this is how I will use
it).

I have a semi working script here, you can use the code - no license
attached :-)

http://pastebin.com/faXTpAWs

Best

Mark
On Sep 12, 2014 12:16 PM, "pguptaoctal" [email protected] wrote:

Dear tetrode,

I am also looking for the same thing, did you get it, if yes then please
share with me ?

Regards
Pankaj

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[Sebbo94BY]

As already stated: This is not possible for PHP scripts, which runs on a web server.

You can build such a functionality by using the PHP functions imap_ping and imap_check for PHP scripts, which will be executed on the CLI (as a daemon).

All PHP IMAP functions can be called / used by php-imap like this:

$mailbox->imap('ping');
$mailbox->imap('check');

Below an untested example code:

RECONNECT:
// Connect to mailbox
$mailbox = new PhpImap\Mailbox('{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', '[email protected]', '*********', __DIR__);

CHECKMAILS:
// Search unseen (unread) mails
$mailsIds = $mailbox->searchMailbox('UNSEEN');

if(!$mailsIds) {
	echo 'Mailbox is empty. Waiting 60 seconds until next check...\n';
        sleep(60);

       // Clear IMAP cache to prevent high memory consumption
       $mailbox->imap('gc', array(IMAP_GC_ELT));

       if(!$mailbox->imap('ping')) {
              goto RECONNECT;
       }

       $mailbox_check = $mailbox->imap('check');

       if($mailbox_check->Recent > 0) {
              echo 'New emails arrived. Parsing them...\n';
              goto PARSEEMAILS;
       }
}

// Parse emails
PARSEEMAILS:
foreach($mailsIds as $mailId) {
       $mail = $mailbox->getMail($mailId);

       // Do something with $mail; eg. saving to database, sending autom. responses, ...
}

// Go back and check for new emails
goto CHECKMAILS;

Please note, that you should add a logic to restart the PHP script after some time.

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References:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1093066/support-for-imap-idle-in-php

[dartrax]

@Sebbo94BY: Could you update your example code, as $mailbox->imap('ping'); does not work any more because the imap-function got removed (refactored?) in commit dab9937 ? Thanks :)