imap_open

Anon

Hi There,

I am trying to use imap_open()with PHP4 but having great problems. According to the manual I should be able to write:

$stream = imap_open("{imapmailserver:143}", "user", "userpassword");

but this does not work. I keep being told:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `'}'' in filename

It was suggested to me that I use

$stream = imap_open("{{imapmailserver}:{143}}", "user", "userpassword");

but this doesn't work either. Any ideas?

Anon

You should write like this:$stream = imap_open("{imapmailserver/pop3:143}inbox", "user", "userpassword");

but it also have the same fault.
so I work in php3 now.

Anon

Thanks, but I do not wish to connect using POP3, so that leaves me in the same position I started off in?

Junson Wang wrote:

You should write like this:$stream = imap_open("{imapmailserver/pop3:143}inbox", "user", "userpassword");

but it also have the same fault.
so I work in php3 now.

Anon

Sorry I don't know what u really want!
if u want to access mail in client , u should know if the server supports imap or pop3 first.
the port should be 110 for pop3!

Anon

Hi Junson,

I think you might have misunderstood the nature of my problem. I am not trying to get to POP3.

I am trying to get a resolution to the problem that the manual states to get to an IMAP enabled mailbox you use a certain syntax - which works fine with PHP3. It does not with PHP4 - has anyone managed to gain access to an IMAP mailbox (now POP3) with PHP4?

Junson Wang wrote:

Sorry I don't know what u really want!
if u want to access mail in client , u should know if the server supports imap or pop3 first.
the port should be 110 for pop3!

Anon

Hello Mark,

I am having the same problem!! I would like to know if you fix this problem, and what is the solution.

Regards

Anon

I eventually established that the reason this did not work was because of a change whch my Virual Hosting provider had made to my installation. This has since been resolved and works pretty much as documented.