php mail script to sync gmail into my application

Question

I can write php script to send mail to all other service provider can we write any php script which can sync my gmail inbox to my web page?

Answer 1

Gmail allows POP-connections, so you should be able to use the imap-functions in php to retrieve you mail.

http://php.net/manual/en/book.imap.php Take a look at the pop3 example by Wil Barath, and you should be good to go.

You will also need to pop-enable your gmail account: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273