Accessing IMAP server using fsockopen(), fgets(), and fputs()

[Goldeneye]

Well, I`m trying to create a script or class to interface PHP and MySQL with an IMAP server. I would use the PHP IMAP-Extension but because it isn`t a standard extension, it`s not complied on the Webserver I`m currently using.

 

What I currently have is...

$username = 'foo';
$password = 'bar';
$handle = fsockopen('localhost', 143, $errint, $errstr, 15);
$query = 'LOGIN {' . strlen($username) . "}\r\n$username". ' {' . strlen($password) . "}\r\n$password";
fputs($handle, $query);
$query = 'SELECT INBOX';
fputs($handle, $query);
$query = 'FETCH 8 BODY[]';
fputs($handle, $query);
echo fgets($handle);

 

I thought the code would work but all that is echo`d is * OK Dovecot ready.

 

So, how do I go about connecting to (and reading from) an IMAP Server using sockets?

[oni-kun]

because it isn`t a standard extension' date=' it`s not complied on the Webserver I`m currently using.[/quote']

 

http://pear.php.net/package/Mail_IMAP/download/All

You don't need access to the server's configuration or compilation. Just the include path.

[Goldeneye]

Please excuse my ignorance:

 

Being a PEAR virgin, I really have no idea how to install this. I`ve looked at tutorials found through a Goolge Search, but I am finding them too ambiguous or simply not working for me.

 

I tried ''pear install Mail_IMAP-1.1.0RC2'' in a PuTTY session but that didn`t work.

 

How do I manually install it?

[trq]

How do I manually install it?

 

Its just php code so put it somewhere on your server (preferably on your include path) and include it per usual.

 

Be aware that PEAR's imap class has nothing at all to do with php's imap extension.

[Goldeneye]

I just noticed, PEAR/Mail_IMAP and it`s v2 child both require the PHP IMAP Extension as a dependancy. This means, I can`t use it because the PHP IMAP extension is not installed; doesn't it?

 

Edit: It doesn`t appear to be working for me, anyway. I have setup my server-settings exactly as they should be but I still get, `Error: Unable to build a connection.`