imap_gc

Function • Removed in PHP 8.4

Clears IMAP cache.

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_gc Function synopsis

imap_gc(IMAP\Connection $imap, int $flags): true

Parameters

$imap

TypeIMAP\Connection

$flags

Typeint

Specifies the cache to purge. It may one or a combination of the following constants: IMAP_GC_ELT (message cache elements), IMAP_GC_ENV (envelope and bodies), IMAP_GC_TEXTS (texts).

Return value

Typetrue

Always returns true

Changes to the imap_gc Function

PHP 8.4

  • Function removed

PHP 8.3

  • Return type changed: bool to true
- imap_gc(IMAP\Connection $imap, int $flags): bool
+ imap_gc(IMAP\Connection $imap, int $flags): true

PHP 8.1

  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($imap): IMAP\Connection
- imap_gc($imap, int $flags): bool
+ imap_gc(IMAP\Connection $imap, int $flags): bool

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: bool
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $stream_id to $imap
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($flags): int
- imap_gc($stream_id, $flags)
+ imap_gc($imap, int $flags): bool

imap_gc 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