php-doc-en/reference/imap/functions/imap-append.xml

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<refentry xml:id="function.imap-append" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>imap_append</refname>
  <refpurpose>Append a string message to a specified mailbox</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>imap_append</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>imap_stream</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>mailbox</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>message</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>options</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>internal_date</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Appends a string <parameter>message</parameter> to the specified <parameter>mailbox</parameter>. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &imap.imap-stream.description;
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>mailbox</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The mailbox name, see <function>imap_open</function> for more
       information
      </para>
      &imap.mailboxname.insecure;
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>message</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The message to be append, as a string
      </para>
      <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
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>options</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If provided, the <parameter>options</parameter> will also be written
       to the <parameter>mailbox</parameter>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>internal_date</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <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.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>5.3.2</entry>
       <entry>
        Added INTERNALDATE support to imap_append.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>imap_append</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$stream = imap_open("{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts", "username", "password");

$check = imap_check($stream);
echo "Msg Count before append: ". $check->Nmsgs . "\n";

imap_append($stream, "{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts"
                   , "From: me@example.com\r\n"
                   . "To: you@example.com\r\n"
                   . "Subject: test\r\n"
                   . "\r\n"
                   . "this is a test message, please ignore\r\n"
                   );

$check = imap_check($stream);
echo "Msg Count after append : ". $check->Nmsgs . "\n";

imap_close($stream);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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