Read Your Gmail Emails Using PHP and IMAP

Hello Friends ,
Recently I have worked on drip email campaign project for that I need to read emails using PHP From the gmail inbox.

Here is the simple example for Read emails from the gmail:

To start with we should have the following minimum requirements

1. PHP5
2. IMAP enabled in your Gmail settings.
3. PHP IMAP Extension is enabled

How to enable IMAP in PHP

How to Enable IMAP in XAMPP : –

IMAP is not enabled by default in Xampp distribution, so to enable it go to the file “\xampp\php\php.ini” and search for “;extension=php_imap.dll” and by removing the beginning semicolon at the line ,it’s get enabled ,it should be: extension=php_imap.dll.

How to Enable IMAP in Wampp : –

1] \wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\bin
Enable php_imap.dll extension by removing ; at beginning of string

2] \wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13
Enable php_imap.dll extension by removing ; at beginning of string

Configuration Setting

/* connect to gmail with your credentials */
$hostname = ‘{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX’;
$username = ‘YOUR_GMAIL_USERNAME’; # e.g helloworld@gmail.com
$password = ‘YOUR_GMAIL_PASSWORD’; # your gmail password

Connection using Gmail’s IMAP
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password,NULL,1) or die(‘Cannot connect to Gmail: ‘ . print_r(imap_errors()));

Here is the full PHP script for read Your Gmail Inbox Emails Using IMAP.

set_time_limit(4000);

// Connect to gmail
$hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX';
$username = 'yourmail@gmail.com';
$password = 'bond007';

// try to connect
$inbox = imap_open($hostname,$username,$password,NULL,1) or die('Cannot connect to Gmail: ' . print_r(imap_errors()));

/* ALL - return all messages matching the rest of the criteria
ANSWERED - match messages with the \\ANSWERED flag set
BCC "string" - match messages with "string" in the Bcc: field
BEFORE "date" - match messages with Date: before "date"
BODY "string" - match messages with "string" in the body of the message
CC "string" - match messages with "string" in the Cc: field
DELETED - match deleted messages
FLAGGED - match messages with the \\FLAGGED (sometimes referred to as Important or Urgent) flag set
FROM "string" - match messages with "string" in the From: field
KEYWORD "string" - match messages with "string" as a keyword
NEW - match new messages
OLD - match old messages
ON "date" - match messages with Date: matching "date"
RECENT - match messages with the \\RECENT flag set
SEEN - match messages that have been read (the \\SEEN flag is set)
SINCE "date" - match messages with Date: after "date"
SUBJECT "string" - match messages with "string" in the Subject:
TEXT "string" - match messages with text "string"
TO "string" - match messages with "string" in the To:
UNANSWERED - match messages that have not been answered
UNDELETED - match messages that are not deleted
UNFLAGGED - match messages that are not flagged
UNKEYWORD "string" - match messages that do not have the keyword "string"
UNSEEN - match messages which have not been read yet*/

// search and get unseen emails, function will return email ids
$emails = imap_search($inbox,'ALL');

$output = '';
rsort($emails);

foreach($emails as $mail) {

$headerInfo = imap_headerinfo($inbox,$mail);
$overview = imap_fetch_overview($inbox,$mail,0);
$message = imap_fetchbody($inbox,$mail,2);
$output .= ($overview[0]->seen ? 'read' : 'unread').'
';
$output .= $headerInfo->subject.'
';
$output .= $headerInfo->toaddress.'
';
$output .= $headerInfo->date.'
';
$output .= $headerInfo->reply_to[0]->mailbox.'@'.$headerInfo->reply_to[0]->host.'
';
$output .= $headerInfo->reply_toaddress.'
';
$output.= '

';

$emailStructure = imap_fetchstructure($inbox,$mail);

if(!isset($emailStructure->parts)) {
$output .= imap_body($inbox, $mail, FT_PEEK);
} else {

}
echo $output;
$output = '';
}

// colse the connection
imap_expunge($inbox);
imap_close($inbox);