Error using IMAP in PHP?

Question

I was using the code,

<?php
 $mbox = imap_open("https://myserver.in", "[email protected]", "123456", OP_HALFOPEN)
    or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error());

$list = imap_getmailboxes($mbox, "https://myserver.in", "*");
if (is_array($list)) {
foreach ($list as $key => $val) {
    echo "($key) ";
    echo imap_utf7_decode($val->name) . ",";
    echo "'" . $val->delimiter . "',";
    echo $val->attributes . "<br />\n";
}
} else {
echo "imap_getmailboxes failed: " . imap_last_error() . "\n";
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>

but it is giving the error

Warning: imap_open() [function.imap-open]: Couldn't open stream https://myserver.in in /home/myserver/public_html/vforms/mailtest.php on line 2
 can't connect: Can't open mailbox https://myserver.in: no such mailbox

The error is due to the parameter in imap_open() function, that i am not able to configure. so please help. Is there any PHP Class to fetch data from Inbox, and receive Email messages like PHPMailer Class.

Answer 1

It could be most likely because of openssl extension since you are reading from the secure protocol that is https. Make sure that you have openssl extension turned on from php.ini.

Answer 2

Have you had a look at the documentation? The mailbox address needs to be in a very specific format.

// To connect to an SSL IMAP or POP3 server, add /ssl after the protocol
// specification:
$mbox = imap_open ("{localhost:993/imap/ssl}INBOX", "user_id", "password");

Answer 3

https != imap

So, probably it's something like

imap_open("{myserver.in:143}INBOX",...

Or:

imap_open("{myserver.in:993/imap/ssl}INBOX",...