26.14. Reading Mail Messages
Zend_Mail
can read mail messages from several local or remote mail storages. All of them have the
same basic API to count and fetch messages and some of them implement additional interfaces for not so common
features. For a feature overview of the implemented storages see the following table.
表 26.1. Mail Read Feature Overview
Feature | Mbox | Maildir | Pop3 | IMAP |
---|---|---|---|---|
Storage type | local | local | remote | remote |
Fetch message | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fetch mime-part | emulated | emulated | emulated | emulated |
Folders | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Create message/folder | No | todo | No | todo |
Flags | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Quota | No | Yes | No | No |
26.14.1. Simple example using Pop3
$mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3(array('host' => 'localhost', 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test')); echo $mail->countMessages() . " messages found\n"; foreach ($mail as $message) { echo "Mail from '{$message->from}': {$message->subject}\n"; }
26.14.2. Opening a local storage
Mbox and Maildir are the two supported formats for local mail storages, both in their most simple formats.
If you want to read from a Mbox file you only need to give the filename to the constructor of
Zend_Mail_Storage_Mbox
:
$mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Mbox(array('filename' => '/home/test/mail/inbox'));
Maildir is very similar but needs a dirname:
$mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Maildir(array('dirname' => '/home/test/mail/'));
Both constructors throw a Zend_Mail_Exception
if the storage can't be read.
26.14.3. Opening a remote storage
For remote storages the two most popular protocols are supported: Pop3 and Imap. Both need at least a host and a user to connect and login. The default password is an empty string, the default port as given in the protocol RFC.
// connecting with Pop3 $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3(array('host' => 'example.com' 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test')); // connecting with Imap $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap(array('host' => 'example.com' 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test')); // example for a none standard port $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3(array('host' => 'example.com', 'port' => 1120 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test'));
For both storages SSL and TLS are supported. If you use SSL the default port changes as given in the RFC.
// examples for Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3, same works for Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap // use SSL on different port (default is 995 for Pop3 and 993 for Imap) $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3(array('host' => 'example.com' 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test', 'ssl' => 'SSL')); // use TLS $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3(array('host' => 'example.com' 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test', 'ssl' => 'TLS'));
Both constructors can throw Zend_Mail_Exception
or Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception
(extends Zend_Mail_Exception
), depending on the type of error.
26.14.4. Fetching messages and simple methods
Messages can be fetched after you've opened the storage . You need the message number, which is a counter
starting with 1 for the first message. To fetch the message, you use the method getMessage()
:
$message = $mail->getMessage($messageNum);
Array Access is also supported, but this access method won't supported any additional parameters that could be added to
getMessage()
. As long as you don't mind, and can live with the default values, you may use:
$message = $mail[$messageNum];
For iterating over all messages the Iterator interface is implemented:
foreach ($mail as $messageNum => $message) { // do stuff ... }
To count the messages in the storage, you can either use the method countMessages()
or use array
access:
// method $maxMessage = $mail->countMessages(); // array access $maxMessage = count($mail);
To remove a mail, you use the method removeMessage()
or again array access:
// method $mail->removeMessage($messageNum); // array access unset($mail[$messageNum]);
26.14.5. Working with messages
After you fetch the messages with getMessage()
you want to fetch headers, the content
or single parts of a multipart message. All headers can be accessed via properties or the method
getHeader()
if you want more control or have unusual header names. The header names are
lower-cased internally, thus the case of the header name in the mail message doesn't matter. Also headers
with a dash can be written in camel-case. If no header is found for both notations an exception is thrown.
To encounter this the method headerExists()
can be used to check the existance of a header.
// get the message object $message = $mail->getMessage(1); // output subject of message echo $message->subject . "\n"; // get content-type header $type = $message->contentType; // check if CC isset: if( isset($message->cc) ) { // or $message->headerExists('cc'); $cc = $message->cc; }
If you have multiple headers with the same name- i.e. the Received headers- you might want an array
instead of a string. In this case, use the getHeader()
method.
// get header as property - the result is always a string, // with new lines between the single occurrences in the message $received = $message->received; // the same via getHeader() method $received = $message->getHeader('received', 'string'); // better an array with a single entry for every occurrences $received = $message->getHeader('received', 'array'); foreach ($received as $line) { // do stuff } // if you don't define a format you'll get the internal representation // (string for single headers, array for multiple) $received = $message->getHeader('received'); if (is_string($received)) { // only one received header found in message }
The method getHeaders()
returns all headers as array with the lower-cased name as
key and the value as and array for multiple headers or as string for single headers.
// dump all headers foreach ($message->getHeaders() as $name => $value) { if (is_string($value)) { echo "$name: $value\n"; continue; } foreach ($value as $entry) { echo "$name: $entry\n"; } }
If you don't have a multipart message, fetching the content is easily done via
getContent()
. Unlike the headers, the content is only fetched when needed (aka late-fetch).
// output message content for HTML echo '<pre>'; echo $message->getContent(); echo '</pre>';
Checking for multipart messages is done with the method isMultipart()
. If you have
multipart message you can get an instance of Zend_Mail_Part
with the method
getPart()
. Zend_Mail_Part
is the base class of Zend_Mail_Message
,
so you have the same methods: getHeader()
, getHeaders()
, getContent()
,
getPart()
, isMultipart
and the properties for headers.
// get the first none multipart part $part = $message; while ($part->isMultipart()) { $part = $message->getPart(1); } echo 'Type of this part is ' . strtok($part->contentType, ';') . "\n"; echo "Content:\n"; echo $part->getContent();
Zend_Mail_Part
also implements RecursiveIterator
, which makes it easy to scan through all parts. And
for easy output, it also implements the magic method __toString()
, which returns the content.
// output first text/plain part $foundPart = null; foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator($mail->getMessage(1)) as $part) { try { if (strtok($part->contentType, ';') == 'text/plain') { $foundPart = $part; break; } } catch (Zend_Mail_Exception $e) { // ignore } } if (!$foundPart) { echo 'no plain text part found'; } else { echo "plain text part: \n" . $foundPart; }
26.14.6. Checking for flags
Maildir and IMAP support storing flags. The class Zend_Mail_Storage
has constants for all known
maildir and IMAP system flags, named Zend_Mail_Storage::FLAG_<flagname>
. To check
for flags Zend_Mail_Message
has a method called hasFlag()
. With
getFlags()
you'll get all set flags.
// find unread messages echo "Unread mails:\n"; foreach ($mail as $message) { if ($message->hasFlag(Zend_Mail_Storage::FLAG_SEEN)) { continue; } // mark recent/new mails if ($message->hasFlag(Zend_Mail_Storage::FLAG_RECENT)) { echo '! '; } else { echo ' '; } echo $message->subject . "\n"; } // check for known flags $flags = $message->getFlags(); echo "Message is flagged as: "; foreach ($flags as $flag) { switch ($flag) { case Zend_Mail_Storage::FLAG_ANSWERED: echo 'Answered '; break; case Zend_Mail_Storage::FLAG_FLAGGED: echo 'Flagged '; break; // ... // check for other flags // ... default: echo $flag . '(unknown flag) '; } }
As IMAP allows user or client defined flags, you could get flags that don't have a constant in
Zend_Mail_Storage
. Instead, they are returned as strings and can be checked the same way with
hasFlag()
.
// check message for client defined flags $IsSpam, $SpamTested if (!$message->hasFlag('$SpamTested')) { echo 'message has not been tested for spam'; } else if ($message->hasFlag('$IsSpam')) { echo 'this message is spam'; } else { echo 'this message is ham'; }
26.14.7. Using folders
All storages, except Pop3, support folders, also called mailboxes. The interface implemented by all storages
supporting folders is called Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Interface
. Also all of these classes have an
additional optional parameter called folder
, which is the folder selected after login, in the constructor.
For the local storages you need to use separate classes called Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Mbox
or
Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Maildir
. Both need one parameter called dirname
with the name of the base dir.
The format for maildir is as defined in maildir++ (with a dot as default delimiter), Mbox is a directory
hierarchy with Mbox files. If you don't have a Mbox file called INBOX in your Mbox base dir you need to set
another folder in the constructor.
Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap
already supports folders by default. Examples for opening these storages:
// mbox with folders $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Mbox(array('dirname' => '/home/test/mail/')); // mbox with a default folder not called INBOX, also works // with Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Maildir and Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Mbox(array('dirname' => '/home/test/mail/', 'folder' => 'Archive')); // maildir with folders $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Maildir(array('dirname' => '/home/test/mail/')); // maildir with colon as delimiter, as suggested in Maildir++ $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Maildir(array('dirname' => '/home/test/mail/', 'delim' => ':')); // imap is the same with and without folders $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap(array('host' => 'example.com', 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test'));
With the method getFolders($root = null) you can get the folder hierarchy starting with the root folder or
the given folder. It's returned as an instance of Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder
, which implements
RecursiveIterator
and all children are also instances of Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder
. Each of
these instances has a local and a global name returned by the methods getLocalName()
and
getGlobalName()
. The global name is the absolute name from the root folder (including
delimiters), the local name is the name in the parent folder.
表 26.2. Mail Folder Names
Global Name | Local Name |
---|---|
/INBOX | INBOX |
/Archive/2005 | 2005 |
List.ZF.General | General |
If you use the iterator, the key of the current element is the local name. The global name is also returned
by the magic method __toString()
. Some folders may not be selectable, which means they can't
store messages and selecting them results in an error. This can be checked with the method
isSelectable()
. So it's very easy to output the whole tree in a view:
$folders = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($this->mail->getFolders(), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); echo '<select name="folder">'; foreach ($folders as $localName => $folder) { $localName = str_pad('', $folders->getDepth(), '-', STR_PAD_LEFT) . $localName; echo '<option'; if (!$folder->isSelectable()) { echo ' disabled="disabled"'; } echo ' value="' . htmlspecialchars($folder) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($localName) . '</option>'; } echo '</select>';
The current selected folder is returned by the method getSelectedFolder()
. Changing the folder
is done with the method selectFolder()
, which needs the global name as parameter. If you want
to avoid to write delimiters you can also use the properties of a Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder
instance:
// depending on your mail storage and its settings $rootFolder->Archive->2005 // is the same as: // /Archive/2005 // Archive:2005 // INBOX.Archive.2005 // ... $folder = $mail->getFolders()->Archive->2005; echo 'Last folder was ' . $mail->getSelectedFolder() . "new folder is $folder\n"; $mail->selectFolder($folder);
26.14.8. Advanced Use
26.14.8.1. Using NOOP
If you're using a remote storage and have some long tasks you might need to keep the connection alive via noop:
foreach ($mail as $message) { // do some calculations ... $mail->noop(); // keep alive // do something else ... $mail->noop(); // keep alive }
26.14.8.2. Caching instances
Zend_Mail_Storage_Mbox
, Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Mbox
, Zend_Mail_Storage_Maildir
and
Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Maildir
implement the magic methods __sleep()
and
__wakeup()
, which means they are serializable. This avoids parsing the files or directory tree
more than once. The disadvantage is that your Mbox or Maildir storage should not change. Some easy checks
may be done, like reparsing the current Mbox file if the modification time changes, or reparsing the folder
structure if a folder has vanished (which still results in an error, but you can search for another folder
afterwards). It's better if you have something like a signal file for changes and check it before using the
cached instance.
// there's no specific cache handler/class used here, // change the code to match your cache handler $signal_file = '/home/test/.mail.last_change'; $mbox_basedir = '/home/test/mail/'; $cache_id = 'example mail cache ' . $mbox_basedir . $signal_file; $cache = new Your_Cache_Class(); if (!$cache->isCached($cache_id) || filemtime($signal_file) > $cache->getMTime($cache_id)) { $mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Folder_Pop3(array('dirname' => $mbox_basedir)); } else { $mail = $cache->get($cache_id); } // do stuff ... $cache->set($cache_id, $mail);
26.14.8.3. Extending Protocol Classes
Remote storages use two classes: Zend_Mail_Storage_<Name>
and
Zend_Mail_Protocol_<Name>
. The protocol class translates the protocol commands and
responses from and to PHP, like methods for the commands or variables with different structures for
data. The other/main class implements the common interface.
If you need additional protocol features, you can extend the protocol class and use it in the constructor of the main class. As an example, assume we need to knock different ports before we can connect to POP3.
class Example_Mail_Exception extends Zend_Mail_Exception { } class Example_Mail_Protocol_Exception extends Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception { } class Example_Mail_Protocol_Pop3_Knock extends Zend_Mail_Protocol_Pop3 { private $host, $port; public function __construct($host, $port = null) { // no auto connect in this class $this->host = $host; $this->port = $port; } public function knock($port) { $sock = @fsockopen($this->host, $port); if ($sock) { fclose($sock); } } public function connect($host = null, $port = null, $ssl = false) { if ($host === null) { $host = $this->host; } if ($port === null) { $port = $this->port; } parent::connect($host, $port); } } class Example_Mail_Pop3_Knock extends Zend_Mail_Storage_Pop3 { public function __construct(array $params) { // ... check $params here! ... $protocol = new Example_Mail_Protocol_Pop3_Knock($params['host']); // do our "special" thing foreach ((array)$params['knock_ports'] as $port) { $protocol->knock($port); } // get to correct state $protocol->connect($params['host'], $params['port']); $protocol->login($params['user'], $params['password']); // initialize parent parent::__construct($protocol); } } $mail = new Example_Mail_Pop3_Knock(array('host' => 'localhost', 'user' => 'test', 'password' => 'test', 'knock_ports' => array(1101, 1105, 1111)));
As you see, we always assume we're connected, logged in and, if supported, a folder is selected in the constructor of the main class. Thus if you assign your own protocol class, you always need to make sure that's done or the next method will fail if the server doesn't allow it in the current state.
26.14.8.4. Using Quota (since 1.5)
Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir
has support for Maildir++ quotas. It's disabled by default,
but it's possible to use it manually, if the automatic checks are not desired (this means
appendMessage()
, removeMessage()
and copyMessage()
do no checks
and do not add entries to the maildirsize file). If enabled, an exception is thrown if you try to write
to the maildir and it's already over quota.
There are three methods used for quotas: getQuota()
, setQuota()
and
checkQuota()
:
$mail = new Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir(array('dirname' => '/home/test/mail/')); $mail->setQuota(true); // true to enable, false to disable echo 'Quota check is now ', $mail->getQuota() ? 'enabled' : 'disabled', "\n"; // check quota can be used even if quota checks are disabled echo 'You are ', $mail->checkQuota() ? 'over quota' : 'not over quota', "\n";
checkQuota()
can also return a more detailed response:
$quota = $mail->checkQuota(true); echo 'You are ', $quota['over_quota'] ? 'over quota' : 'not over quota', "\n"; echo 'You have ', $quota['count'], ' of ', $quota['quota']['count'], ' messages and use '; echo $quota['size'], ' of ', $quota['quota']['size'], ' octets';
If you want to specify your own quota instead of using the one specified in the maildirsize file you
can do with setQuota()
:
// message count and octet size supported, order does matter $quota = $mail->setQuota(array('size' => 10000, 'count' => 100));
To add your own quota checks use single letters as keys, and they will be preserved (but obviously not checked).
It's also possible to extend Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir
to define your own quota only
if the maildirsize file is missing (which can happen in Maildir++):
class Example_Mail_Storage_Maildir extends Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir { // getQuota is called with $fromStorage = true by quota checks public function getQuota($fromStorage = false) { try { return parent::getQuota($fromStorage); } catch (Zend_Mail_Storage_Exception $e) { if (!$fromStorage) { // unknown error: throw $e; } // maildirsize file must be missing list($count, $size) = get_quota_from_somewhere_else(); return array('count' => $count, 'size' => $size); } } }