CakePHP- Accessing mail using IMAP - php

Question

Re-visiting this problem specified in my previous question, I tried and tried, also with different accounts (I tried gmail, as well as outlook), but the problem still persists. The error I get is the following if I try to access my google account
Error: Unable to get imap_thread after 4 retries. 'Can't open mailbox {imap.gmail.com:993/ssl/imap/tls/novalidate-cert}INBOX: invalid remote specification'
if I try accessing email on my outlook account, the error is the same :
Error: Unable to get imap_thread after 4 retries. 'Can't open mailbox {outlook.office365.com:993/ssl/imap/tls/novalidate-cert}INBOX: invalid remote specification'
My setup is as follows :
public $emailTicket = array(
'datasource' => 'ImapSource',
'server' => 'outlook.office365.com',
'connect' => 'imap/tls/novalidate-cert',
'username' => 'my email here',
'password' => 'my password here',
'port' => '993', //incoming port
'ssl' => true,
'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
'error_handler' => 'php',
'auto_mark_as' => array(
'Seen',
// 'Answered',
// 'Flagged',
// 'Deleted',
// 'Draft',
),
);
I am working on a local machine, does anyone know if this might be the problem or not? Has anyone ever tried this and worked for him/her? I am open to all input!
I can't seem to find what's wrong here, I've been at this for about 2days now, so if anyone can help, I appreciate it!
Also here's the link for the plugin i'm using, by Nicolas Ramy..

Answer 1

You can use the following implemented code to fulfill your requirements:
public function generate_email_response_pdf()
{
$this->layout = false;
$this->autoRender = false;
$username = EMP_SMTP_MAIL_FROM;
$password = EMP_SMTP_MAIL_PASSWORD;
$imap = imap_open('{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX', $username, $password);
$emails = imap_search($imap, 'ALL');
if(!empty($emails))
{
//put the newest emails on top
rsort($emails);
foreach($emails as $email_number)
{
$flag = 0;
$mail_data = array();
$file_name = array();
$output = array();
$savefilename = null;
$filename = null;
$overview = imap_fetch_overview($imap, $email_number, 0);
//initialize the subject index with -000, considering not receving this will not be received in
//subject line of email
$output['subject'] = '-000x';
if(isset($overview[0] -> subject))
{
$output['subject'] = $overview[0] -> subject;
}
$structure = imap_fetchstructure($imap, $email_number);
if(property_exists($structure, 'parts'))
{
$flag = 1;
$flattened_parts = $this->flatten_parts($structure->parts);
foreach($flattened_parts as $part_number => $part)
{
switch($part->type)
{
case 0:
//the HTML or plain text part of the email
if((isset($part->subtype)=='HTML')&&(isset($part->disposition)=='ATTACHMENT'))
{
$part_number = 1.2;
}
else if(isset($part->subtype)=='HTML')
{
$part_number = $part_number;
}
else
{
$part_number = $part_number;
}
$message = $this->get_part($imap, $email_number, $part_number, $part->encoding);
//now do something with the message, e.g. render it
break;
case 1:
// multi-part headers, can ignore
break;
case 2:
// attached message headers, can ignore
break;
case 3: // application
case 4: // audio
case 5: // image
case 6: // video
case 7: // other
break;
}
if(isset($part->disposition))
{
$filename = $this->get_filename_from_part($part);
if($filename)
{
// it's an attachment
$attachment = $this->get_part($imap, $email_number, $part_number, $part->encoding);
$file_info = pathinfo($filename);
$savefilename = RESPONSE_ATTACHMENT_PREFIX.$file_info['filename'].'_'.$this->_getRandId(4).'.'.$file_info['extension'];
$file_name[] = $savefilename;
$attachment_file_name = $this->save_attachment($attachment, $savefilename, $directory_path);
//imap_fetchbody($imap, $email_number, 2); //This marks message as read
}
else
{
// don't know what it is
}
}
}
}
else
{
$encoding = $structure->encoding;
$message = imap_fetchbody($imap, $email_number, 1.2);
//echo $message; die;
if($message == "")
{
$message = imap_body($imap, $email_number);
if($encoding == 3)
{
$message = base64_decode($message);
}
else if($encoding == 4)
{
$message = quoted_printable_decode($message);
}
}
}
$header = imap_headerinfo($imap, $email_number);
$from_email = $header->from[0]->mailbox."#".$header->from[0]->host;
$to_email = $header->to[0]->mailbox."#".$header->to[0]->host;
$reply_to_email = $header->reply_to[0]->mailbox."#".$header->reply_to[0]->host;
$cc_email = array();
if(isset($header->cc))
{
foreach($header->cc as $ccmail)
{
$cc_email[] = $ccmail->mailbox.'#'.$ccmail->host;
}
$cc_email = implode(", ", $cc_email);
}
$output['to'] = $to_email;
$output['from'] = $from_email;
$output['reply_to'] = $reply_to_email;
$output['cc'] = $cc_email;
$formatted_date = date('D, d M Y h:i A', strtotime($overview[0] -> date));
$output['date'] = $formatted_date;
$output['message'] = $message;
$output['flag'] = $flag;
$mail_data['Attachment'] = $file_name;
$mail_data['Data'] = $output;
$this->set('response_data', $mail_data);
$mail_content = null;
if(!empty($mail_data))
{
$this->viewPath = 'Elements/default';
$mail_content = $this->render('pdf_content');
}
$header = null;
$footer = null;
$html = preg_replace(array('/[^\r\n\t\x20-\x7E\xA0-\xFF]*/'), '', $mail_content);
$pdfFile = $this->_generateWkPdf($html, $directory_path, $new_file_name, $header, $footer);
$image_type = EXT_JPG;
$response_files_array = $this->_generateImagesFromPdf($directory_path.$pdfFile, $directory_path, $new_file_name, $image_type);
}
}
imap_close($imap);
}