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<refentry xml:id="function.imap-body" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>imap_body</refname>
  <refpurpose>Read the message body</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>imap_body</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>imap_stream</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>msg_number</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>options</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>imap_body</function> returns the body of the message,
   numbered <parameter>msg_number</parameter> in the current
   mailbox.
  </para>
  <para>
   <function>imap_body</function> will only return a verbatim copy of the
   message body. To extract single parts of a multipart MIME-encoded
   message you have to use <function>imap_fetchstructure</function> to
   analyze its structure and <function>imap_fetchbody</function> to
   extract a copy of a single body component.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &imap.imap-stream.description;
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>msg_number</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The message number
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>options</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The optional <parameter>options</parameter> are a bit mask
       with one or more of the following:
       <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
         <simpara>
          <constant>FT_UID</constant> - The <parameter>msg_number</parameter> is a UID
         </simpara>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
         <simpara>
          <constant>FT_PEEK</constant> - Do not set the \Seen flag if not already set
         </simpara>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
         <simpara>
          <constant>FT_INTERNAL</constant> - The return string is in internal format, will
          not canonicalize to CRLF.
         </simpara>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the body of the specified message, as a string.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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