How to setup IMAP in PHP?

[rizwan6feb]

Hi all, i have to setup IMAP with php, not sure how to do it and where to start from? Googling doesn't give me useful links

[dlite922]

Hi all, i have to setup IMAP with php, not sure how to do it and where to start from? Googling doesn't give me useful links

Let us know if there's anything here

http://php.net/imap

That you don't understand or need more explanation on.

Here's a good how to website also:

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/PHP/Create-Your-Own-Mail-Script-With-PHP-and-IMAP/

[rizwan6feb]

Thanks, I am reading the second one

[rizwan6feb]

I am stuck with the following error message
Couldn't open stream \{imap.mail.yah oo.com/imap}INBOX

Using the code below

$user = "username";
$pass = "password";
$server = "imap.mail.yahoo.com";
$conn = imap_open("\{$server/imap}INBOX", $user, $pass)

[Atli]

Why do you prefix the string with a back-slash?
I don't see that in any of the php.net examples and the article doesn't explain it (possibly a typo?).

Try removing that.

[rizwan6feb]

Thanks Atli
I have come to know that both Hotmail and Yahoo don't support IMAP so i have quit using IMAP, i have been looking for some different technique. I have started a separate Thread for this