(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_num_msg — Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox
$imap_stream
)Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox.
Return the number of messages in the current mailbox, as an integer.
Oliver (2006-04-13 15:53:05)
imap_num_msg($stream) does only return a correct result, if you did not append , delete, etc messages from the mailbox.
Otherwise you have to call imap_check($stream) to update the value for this function.
comlampe at aol dot com (2004-04-08 12:30:38)
While imap_status sets "read"-Flag when used, imap_num_msg does not touch any flag.