Hello Friends,

Do you know how we can read, forward or transfer the POP3/IMAP email to another email address ? I came across this situation. I need to read the email from one account and need to forward that mail to another email account. I searched google for such a script but did not get it. Finally i went through IMAP PHP functions and here i am sharing a script using which you can read, forward or delete the email. Email can be simple or with attachment.

Note: I was working with Zend Framework, so i used the Zend library for sending email(forwarding email). You can use simple mail function also.

<?php
  // Change to your mail server
  $host = "mail.programmingfacts.com";
 
  // Connecting to POP3 email server.
  $connection = imap_open("{" . $host . ":110/pop3/notls}", 'rakshit@programmingfacts.com', 'password');
 
  // Total number of messages in Inbox
  $count = imap_num_msg($connection);
  echo $count . " messages found<br />";
 
  // Read Messages in Loop, Forward it to Actual User email and than delete it from current email account.
  for ($i = 1; $i <= $count; $i++) {
      $headers = imap_headerinfo($connection, $i);
      
      $subject = $headers->subject;
      
      $from = $headers->from[0]->mailbox . '@' . $headers->from[0]->host;
      if ($headers->cc[0]->mailbox)
          $cc = $headers->cc[0]->mailbox . '@' . $headers->cc[0]->host;
      $subject = $headers->subject;
      
      $structure = imap_fetchstructure($connection, $i);
      $type = $this->get_mime_type($structure);
      
      // GET HTML BODY
      $body = $this->get_part($connection, $i, "");
      
      //$raw_body = imap_body($connection, $i);
      
      $attachments = array();
      
      if (isset($structure->parts) && count($structure->parts)) {
          for ($e = 0; $e < count($structure->parts); $e++) {
              $attachments[$e] = array('is_attachment' => false, 'filename' => '', 'name' => '', 'attachment' => '');
              
              if ($structure->parts[$e]->ifdparameters) {
                  foreach ($structure->parts[$e]->dparameters as $object) {
                      if (strtolower($object->attribute) == 'filename') {
                          $attachments[$e]['is_attachment'] = true;
                          $attachments[$e]['filename'] = $object->value;
                      } //if (strtolower($object->attribute) == 'filename')
                  } //foreach ($structure->parts[$e]->dparameters as $object)
              } //if ($structure->parts[$e]->ifdparameters)
              
              if ($structure->parts[$e]->ifparameters) {
                  foreach ($structure->parts[$e]->parameters as $object) {
                      if (strtolower($object->attribute) == 'name') {
                          $attachments[$e]['is_attachment'] = true;
                          $attachments[$e]['name'] = $object->value;
                      } //if (strtolower($object->attribute) == 'name')
                  } //foreach ($structure->parts[$e]->parameters as $object)
              } //if ($structure->parts[$e]->ifparameters)
              
              if ($attachments[$e]['is_attachment']) {
                  $attachments[$e]['attachment'] = @imap_fetchbody($connection, $i, $e + 1);
                  if ($structure->parts[$e]->encoding == 3) {
                      // 3 = BASE64
                      $attachments[$e]['attachment'] = base64_decode($attachments[$e]['attachment']);
                  } //if ($structure->parts[$e]->encoding == 3)
                  elseif ($structure->parts[$e]->encoding == 4) {
                      // 4 = QUOTED-PRINTABLE
                      $attachments[$e]['attachment'] = quoted_printable_decode($attachments[$e]['attachment']);
                  } //elseif ($structure->parts[$e]->encoding == 4)
              } //if ($attachments[$e]['is_attachment'])
              
              if ($attachments[$e]['is_attachment']) {
                  $filename = $attachments[$e]['filename'];
                  $filename = $attachments[$e]['name'];
                  $filecontent = $attachments[$e]['attachment'];
              } //if ($attachments[$e]['is_attachment'])
          } //for ($e = 0; $e < count($structure->parts); $e++)
      } //if (isset($structure->parts) && count($structure->parts))
      /**** ****/
      
      
      /*echo "<pre>";
      echo "From: " . $headers->Unseen . "<br />";
      echo "From: " . $from . "<br />";
      echo "Cc: " . $cc . "<br />";
      echo "Subject: " . $subject . "<br />";
      echo "Content Type: " . $type . "<br />";
      echo "Body: " . $body . "<br />";*/
      $mail = new Zend_Mail();
      
      $mail->settype(Zend_Mime::MULTIPART_MIXED);
      
      for ($k = 0; $k < count($attachments); $k++) {
          $filename = $attachments[$k]['name'];
          $filecontent = $attachments[$k]['attachment'];
          
          if ($filename && $filecontent) {
              $file = $mail->createAttachment($filecontent);
              $file->filename = $filename;
          } //if ($filename && $filecontent)
      } //for ($k = 0; $k < count($attachments); $k++)
      
      
      $mail->setFrom($from);
      $mail->addTo('rakshit@programmingfacts.com');
      if ($cc)
          $mail->addCc($cc);
      $mail->setSubject($subject);
      $mail->setBodyHtml($body);
      $mail->send();
      
      // Mark the email messages once read
      //imap_delete($mbox, 1);
  } //for ($i = 1; $i <= $count; $i++)
  // Delete all marked message from current email account.
  imap_expunge($mbox);
?>

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