need pagination help

[mrweirdo]

hello I have this code that I need to implement a pagenation in this code that offers pev and next links if the list of messages get longer then 8 messages per page. Problem is I'm not sure how to go about it when its a list from imap not something in a db. Any ideas? thanks.

<?
// mail acount settings
$server="{localhost/imap}";
$email = "";
$password = "";

$link=imap_open($server,$email,$password);
$headers=imap_headers($link);
$numEmails = sizeof($headers);
echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">

<wml>
<card title="Email Inbox">

<p>Email Inbox:<br/>';
for($i = 1; $i < $numEmails+1; $i++){
	$mailHeader = @imap_headerinfo($link, $i);
	$from = $mailHeader->fromaddress;
	$subject = strip_tags($mailHeader->subject);
	$message = @imap_body($link, $i);
	$message = substr($message, 0, 20);
	echo "<a href=\"mail.php?page=read_msg&amp;num=$i\">$from|$subject| $message</a><br>";
}
echo'</p>
</card>
</wml>';
?>

[cyberlew15]

I think it may be quicker to use a backend application to retreive the messages. Then you need to seperate ech message by either putting it into a database or by dumping it into a file.

If you are using the mysql database use a for loop i.e.
for($i=$startnum,$i<$i+$increment,$i=$i){
$pagecontent .= (grab message $i from mysql);
}

Or if you are using a flat file
$seperator = whatever you want;
$filecontents = file_get_contents("./the messaging file");
$tempdata = explode ($seperator,$filecontents);
for($i=$startnum,$i<$i+$increment,$i=$i){
$pagecontent .= (grab message $i from array);
}

then echo the results or store them. also if you push them into an array you could make the script much more dynamic.

If you need specific mysql help get the mysql query builder through google searching.

Have Fun🙂

[mrweirdo]

thnx 🙂 now I just wish I wasnt leaving for the weekend so I could start working on this :/

[cyberlew15]

Let me know how you get on. I think that all mail servers store the e-mails seperately in a database or as files if not I'd be more than happy to beta an app for doing so. 🙂

[mrweirdo]

Actualy I havent worked on it all that much been busy with other things so I havent had much spare time this past month. I've decided that this probably isnt the best way to go abouts things. I'm thinking that its would be best to have a seperate script that will be able to take new emails for an imap account and drop it into a mysql db. I've started a new thread here .