Reading Emails with PHP

[elabuwa]

Hi guys,

 

I am trying to read a set of emails. Below is my code.

<?php

    $imap = imap_open("{mail.emailserver.com:143/notls}INBOX", "[email protected]", "password");
    $message_count = imap_num_msg($imap);
    
    for ($i = 1; $i <= $message_count; ++$i) {
        $header = imap_header($imap, $i);
       $body = imap_body($imap, $i);
        $prettydate = date("jS F Y", $header->udate);

        if (isset($header->from[0]->personal)) {
            $personal = $header->from[0]->personal;
        } else {
            $personal = $header->from[0]->mailbox;
        }

        $email = "$personal <{$header->from[0]->mailbox}@{$header->from[0]->host}>";
        //echo "On $prettydate, $email said \"$body\".\n";
        echo $body;
    }

    imap_close($imap);

?> 

 

I assume that the code is working coz when I send a normal email from outlook or what ever it displays them properly.

However, for a certain set of emails it DOES display some characters but no where near anything in the message.

 

The email reads fine in Horde/Squirrel etc. The actual email looks like

Ticker Coupon Maturity    B/O  Price      B/O  Yield  Mid ASW Mid Z Axe   

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FMGAU  7      01-Nov-15  103.500/104.500  6.078 /5.822  436.8  447         

FMGAU  6.375  01-Feb-16  101.250/102.250  6.058 /5.811  418.9  435         

FMGAU  6.875  01-Feb-18  103.250/104.250  6.266 /6.084  378.5  395  s2.165mm

 

BUT MY PHP CODE SHOWS IT LIKE

VGlja2VyIENvdXBvbiBNYXR1cml0eSAgICAgQi9PICAgUHJpY2UgICAgICBCL08gIFlpZWxkICBN aWQgQVNXIE1pZCBaIEF4ZSAgICAgDQotLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0NCkZNR0FVICA3ICAg ICAgMDEtTm92LTE1ICAxMDMuNTAwLzEwNC41MDAgIDYuMDc4IC81LjgyMiAgNDM2LjggICA0NDcg ICAgICAgICAgIA0KRk1HQVUgIDYuMzc1ICAwMS1GZWItMTYgIDEwMS4yNTAvMTAyLjI1MCAgNi4w NTggLzUuODExICA0MTguOSAgIDQzNSAgICAgICAgICAgDQpGTUdBVSAgNi44NzUgIDAxLUZlYi0x OCAgMTAzLjI1MC8xMDQuMjUwICA2LjI2NiAvNi4wODQgIDM3OC41ICAgMzk1ICBzMi4xNjVtbSAN Cg==

 

I am totally confused with this scenario.  :shrug: :shrug:

Can any one please help me out. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

 

Cheers

Ela Buwa

[kenrbnsn]

Those email messages are encoded with Base64, to decode them use base64_decode. There should be a header in the email message telling you that the message is encoded.

 

BTW, the decoded message is

Ticker Coupon Maturity     B/O   Price      B/O  Yield  Mid ASW Mid Z Axe
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FMGAU  7      01-Nov-15  103.500/104.500  6.078 /5.822  436.8   447
FMGAU  6.375  01-Feb-16  101.250/102.250  6.058 /5.811  418.9   435
FMGAU  6.875  01-Feb-18  103.250/104.250  6.266 /6.084  378.5   395  s2.165mm

 

Ken

[elabuwa]

thank you very much Ken.  :D :D

 

Worked like magic