imap_delete

FunctionRemoved in PHP 8.4

Mark a message for deletion from current mailbox.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
Improved
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
Removed
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

imap_delete Function synopsis

imap_delete(
    IMAP\Connection $imap,
    string $message_nums,
    int $flags = 0
  ): true

Parameters

$imap

TypeIMAP\Connection

$message_nums

Typestring

A string representing one or more messages in IMAP4-style sequence format ("n", "n:m", or combination of these delimited by commas).

$flags

OptionalTypeintDefault value0

You can set the FT_UID which tells the function to treat the $message_nums argument as a UID.

Return value

Typetrue

Always returns true

Changes to the imap_delete Function

PHP 8.4

  • Function removed

PHP 8.3

  • Return type changed: bool to true
  imap_delete(
      IMAP\Connection $imap,
      string $message_nums,
      int $flags = 0
-   ): bool
+   ): true

PHP 8.1

  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($imap): IMAP\Connection
  imap_delete(
-     $imap,
+     IMAP\Connection $imap,
      string $message_nums,
      int $flags = 0
    ): bool

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: bool
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $stream_id to $imap
  • Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $msg_no to $message_nums
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($message_nums): string
  • Parameter name of parameter #3 changed: $options to $flags
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($flags): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($flags): 0
  imap_delete(
-     $stream_id,
+     $imap,
-     $msg_no,
+     string $message_nums,
-     $options
+     int $flags = 0
-   )
+   ): bool

imap_delete Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release No
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) No
PHP 8.4Supported No
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes