imap_delete not working

Question

I am using php imap functions to parse the message from webmail. I can fetch messages one by one and save them in DB. After saving, I want to delete the inbox message. imap_delete function is not working here. My code is like that:

$connection = pop3_login($host,$port,$user,$pass,$folder="INBOX",$ssl=false);//connect
$stat = pop3_list($connection);//list messages

foreach($stat as $line) {
  //save in db codes...
  imap_delete($connection, $line['msgno']);//flag as delete
}

imap_close($connection, CL_EXPUNGE);

I also tested - imap_expunge($connection);
But it is not working. The messages are not deleted. Please help me out...

Answer 1

You are mixing POP and IMAP.

That is not going to work. You need to open the connection with IMAP. See this example:

<?php

$mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org}INBOX", "username", "password")
    or die("Can't connect: " . imap_last_error());

$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages before delete: " . $check->Nmsgs . "<br />\n";

imap_delete($mbox, 1);

$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages after  delete: " . $check->Nmsgs . "<br />\n";

imap_expunge($mbox);

$check = imap_mailboxmsginfo($mbox);
echo "Messages after expunge: " . $check->Nmsgs . "<br />\n";

imap_close($mbox);
?>