Imap_fetchbody question

[ryy705]

Hello,

 

I am retrieving html out of a multipart message using: $html = imap_fetchbody($imapStream, $emailId, '2');

 

And I am retrieving plain text by using $plain = imap_fetchbody($imapStream, $emailId, '1');

 

My question is:  Why is this working?  I got this to work through trial and error.  I don't know why I am using 1 or 2 as the third parameter.  I looked up various examples online and they all use different values such as 2.1, 1.2, etc. 

 

I would like learn how to use this function properly so my script won't stop working one day. 

I thank you in advance for your help.

[ryy705]

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[BlueSkyIS]

I would like learn how to use this function properly so my script won't stop working one day. 

I thank you in advance for your help.

 

have you tried looking at the manual?

 

http://www.google.com/search?rls=en-us&q=php+imap_fetchbody&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

first result:

 

http://www.php.net/imap_fetchbody

 

 

 

[ryy705]

Thank you for your reply.  Yes I have googled it a lot.  But take a look at Adam's post on http://theserverpages.com/php/manual/en/function.imap-fetchbody.php

He lists the parts as following:

0 multipart/mixed
   1 multipart/alternative
       1.1 text/plain
       1.2 text/html
   2 message/rfc822
       2 multipart/mixed
           2.1 multipart/alternative
               2.1.1 text/plain
               2.1.2 text/html
           2.2 message/rfc822
               2.2 multipart/alternative
                   2.2.1 text/plain
                   2.2.2 text/html

 

Also please take look at http://www.bitsense.net/PHPNotes/IMAP/imap_fetchstructure.asp/

On that page the parts are listed as

()Root Message Part (multipart/related)
(1) The text parts of the message (multipart/alternative)
(1.1) Plain text version (text/plain)
(1.2) HTML version (text/html)
(2) The background stationary (image/gif)

 

If either one of these lists were correct,  my script should fail.  But so far it hasn't.  So is my script working?

[ryy705]

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