imap_delete
Mark a message for deletion from current mailbox
&reftitle.description;
boolimap_delete
IMAP\Connectionimap
stringmessage_num
intflags0
Marks messages listed in message_num for deletion.
Messages marked for deletion will stay in the mailbox until either
imap_expunge is called or
imap_close is called with the optional parameter
CL_EXPUNGE.
&reftitle.parameters;
&imap.imap-parameter.imap;
message_num
A &string; representing one or more messages in IMAP4-style sequence format
("n", "n:m", or combination of these
delimited by commas).
flags
You can set the FT_UID which tells the function
to treat the message_num argument as a
UID.
&reftitle.returnvalues;
Returns &true;.
&reftitle.changelog;
&Version;
&Description;
&imap.changelog.imap-param;
&reftitle.examples;
<function>imap_delete</function> example
Nmsgs . "
\n";
imap_delete($mbox, 1);
$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages after delete: " . $check->Nmsgs . "
\n";
imap_expunge($mbox);
$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages after expunge: " . $check->Nmsgs . "
\n";
imap_close($mbox);
?>
]]>
&reftitle.notes;
IMAP mailboxes may not have their message flags saved between connections,
so imap_expunge should be called during the same
connection in order to guarantee that messages marked for deletion will
actually be purged.
&reftitle.seealso;
imap_undelete
imap_expunge
imap_close