Imap sort function

[son.of.the.morning]

Due to the lack of speed that Imap provides i have to write some filters to avoid bringing in countless un-needed emails. I have had a little mess with the sort functions and other functions Imap has to offer but i can?t seem to drag out email in a specific order using imap_sort().

 

// Connection method

function _connection() {
	$this->dir  = imap_open($this->host,$this->user,$this->password);
	if($this->dir!=FALSE) {
		return 'Connection successful.';
		return $this->dir;
	} else {
		return 'Connection error: ';
		return imap_last_error();
	}
}

 

// List emails method

function _readMail() {
	if($this->collect) {
		 $i    = 0;
		 $mail = array();

		 for($i=1; $i<20; $i++) {
			$details = imap_fetch_overview($this->dir,$i,0);
			$body    = imap_fetchbody($this->dir,$i,2);
			$status  = $details[0]->seen ? 'read' : 'unread';
			$from    = $details[0]->from;
			$date    = $details[0]->date;
			if(isset($details[0]->subject)) $subject = $details[0]->subject ; else $subject = 'no subject';
			if(isset($details[0]->parts))   $attach   = 'yes'; else $attach = 'no';

			if($status='unread') {
			$mail[$i] = (array(
					'subject' => $subject,
					'status'  => $status,
					'from'    => $from,
					'date'    => $date,
					'attach'  => $attach
				)
			);
			}


		  }// endforeach
	} // endif

	if(count($mail) < 0) {
		return 'Alert: No mail in your inbox ('.$user.')';
	} else {
		return $mail;
	}

}

 

 

[darkfreaks]

if you have bother to read the manual it states using imap_sort by SORTDATE with an inbox of approx. 800 emails takes too long. and that SORTBYARRIVAL would be a better option.

[trq]

Also, your _connection method will always return a string. You can only return a single value from a function.