imap_body

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imap_body — Read the message body

Description

imap_body ( resource $imap , int $message_num , int $flags = 0 ) : string|false

imap_body() returns the body of the message, numbered message_num in the current mailbox.

imap_body() will only return a verbatim copy of the message body. To extract single parts of a multipart MIME-encoded message you have to use imap_fetchstructure() to analyze its structure and imap_fetchbody() to extract a copy of a single body component.

Parameters

imap

An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

message_num

The message number

flags

The optional flags are a bit mask with one or more of the following:

  • FT_UID - The message_num is a UID
  • FT_PEEK - Do not set the \Seen flag if not already set
  • FT_INTERNAL - The return string is in internal format, will not canonicalize to CRLF.

Return Values

Returns the body of the specified message, as a string, or false on failure.