[edit] Last updated: Fri, 11 Nov 2011

imap_delete

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_delete — 現在のメールボックスから削除するメッセージに印を付ける

説明

bool imap_delete ( resource $imap_stream , int $msg_number [, int $options = 0 ] )

msg_number が指すメッセージに削除予定のマークをします。削除マークを付けられたメッセージは、 imap_expunge() がコールされるか imap_close() に CL_EXPUNGE を付けてコールされるかのどちらかが行われるまでメールボックスに残ったままになります。

パラメータ

imap_stream: imap_open() が返す IMAP ストリーム。
msg_number: メッセージ番号。
options: FT_UID を指定すると、引数 msg_number を UID として処理することを関数に指示できます。

返り値

Returns TRUE.

例

例1 imap_delete() の例


<?php

$mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org}INBOX", "username", "password")
    or die("接続できません: " . imap_last_error());

$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages before delete: " . $check->Nmsgs . "<br />\n";

imap_delete($mbox, 1);

$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages after  delete: " . $check->Nmsgs . "<br />\n";

imap_expunge($mbox);

$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages after expunge: " . $check->Nmsgs . "<br />\n";

imap_close($mbox);
?>

注意

注意:
POP3 メールボックスは、コネクション間で保存可能なメッセージフラグを持っていません。そのため、削除マークをつけたメッセージを本当に削除するためには、同一の接続内で imap_expunge() をコールする必要があります。

参考

imap_undelete() - 削除マークがついているメッセージのマークをはずす
imap_expunge() - 削除用にマークされたすべてのメッセージを削除する
imap_close() - IMAP ストリームをクローズする

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[edit] Last updated: Fri, 11 Nov 2011

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thisemailaddress at gmail dot com 24-Sep-2009 03:18


In case you feel the need to kill all emails from before a certain year on your Gmail account, this would work:





<?php


error_reporting(E_ALL ^ (E_NOTICE | E_WARNING));





echo "parsing ini file...\n";


$ini = parse_ini_file('g.ini');


$user = $ini['user'];


$pass = $ini['pass'];


$year = $ini['year'];


echo "account {$user} - killing msgs from before {$year}\n\n";





echo "connecting...\n";


$imap = imap_open("{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}[Gmail]/All Mail", $user, $pass) or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error() . "\n");





echo "checking current mailbox...\n";


$mbox = imap_check($imap);





echo "fetching overview...\n";


$flaggedForDelete = 0;


for($n = 0; $n < $mbox->Nmsgs; $n++) {


    echo "processing {$n} of {$mbox->Nmsgs}...\r";


    $hdr = imap_fetchheader($imap, $n);


    preg_match('/^Date: (.*?)$/m', $hdr, $matches);


    $date = date_parse(strtotime($matches[1]));


    if($date['year'] < $year) {


        imap_delete($imap, $msg->msgno);


        $flaggedForDelete++;


    }


}





echo "expunging mailbox ({$flaggedForDelete} messages flagged)... ";


echo ((imap_expunge($imap)) ? "ok" : "failed!")."\n";


imap_close($imap);





?>

Alex 24-Apr-2009 04:30


I think you don't have to give a range to imap_delete() if you want to delete a single one. 



This works well:



<?php



imap_delete($conn,trim($msgno));    



?>

chris at financialservicesonline dot com dot au 29-Jan-2009 10:24


After a little experimentation i found out how to mark a single message for deletion...



<?php



$msgid = '5'; //For example



imap_delete($mbox, "$msgid:$msgid");



?>



imap_delete() seems to want a range, so to select one, simply range from your id to your id.



Hope this helps.

iwantsimplelife at lycos dot com 12-Jan-2009 08:10


Somehow, when ever I try to delete an email using the message number returned by imap_header, any email with a message number below 999 will fail.



I discovered that the imap_header will pad the message number with spaces. You will need to trim the number before calling imap_delete.



I am using qmail and it took me over a month to figure it out.



Hope this will be helpful to some poor soul out there facing the same problem.

jacky at jackyhome dot myvnc dot com 10-Nov-2003 08:12


// is not a complete code but enough to clear out an entire mailbox.

// hope this can save your time :-)



<?php



if (isset($_REQUEST['DoNow'])) 

{

  # PULL ADDITIONAL FILES

  include_once ("common.php");

  

  $conn = @imap_open("\{$server/$serverType}Trash", $user, $pass) 

  or die("Connection to folder failed");

  

  $headers = @imap_check($conn);

  ($headers->Nmsgs > 0) or die("Trash is empty already !");

  

  // delete email(s)

  @imap_delete($conn,'1:*');   // to clear out an entire mailbox.

  @imap_expunge($conn);

  echo "Trash is empty."; 

  

  imap_close($conn);

} 

else

{

  echo "<form name='formA' action='".$_SERVER['PATH_INFO']."' method='POST'>"; ?>

  Are you sure to empty trash ?

  <p>

  <input type="submit" value="Go Ahead" name="DoNow">&nbsp;

  <input type="button" value="Cancel" name="Cancel" onClick='javascript:self.history.go(-1)'></form></p>

<?php

} ?>

James G 10-Apr-2003 01:35


I had some major issues deleting emails using this function.  Using IIS 5.0 and a win based Mail Server, I could not delete the emails individually.



My script merely needed to check the emails and update the database for bounce backs, after which I simply wanted to erase all emails.



If imap_delete($mbox,$email->MsgNo) just isnt working for you, you can try using



    imap_delete($mbox,'1:*');



to clear out an entire mailbox.



Hope this helps cause it drove me insane for about 5 hours.  :)

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