| Re: Parsing mbox files with Windows Php [message #181711 is a reply to message #181707] |
Mon, 27 May 2013 03:11   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/25/2013 6:39 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 May 2013 15:57:14 -0600, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>> I have been slowly building a Php/MySQL based IMAP email client. The
>>> Php IMAP functions are well documented and easy to use. I store
>>> messages in a MySQL database (attachments in the file system) for
>>> ease of organization, maintenance, backup and searching. I like it
>>> enough that I want to add my existing archive of email in
>>> Thunderbird. To do so, I need to parse mbox files and extract
>>> message headers, parts, and attachments. Thankfully, the Php IMAP
>>> functions can be used to open and parse an mbox file (or even a
>>> single .eml file) as well as opening a stream to the server.
>>>
>>> Using this functionality I can write a script to run on my WAMP
>>> development machine that reads the Thunderbird folder structure,
>>> parses the mbox files and saves individual messages along with their
>>> folder/subfolder path in the Thunderbird folder hierarchy. It should
>>> be as easy as pointing it to the top of the folder structure and
>>> letting it do all the work from there.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it appears that the Windows Php binary is unable to
>>> connect to an mbox file, so to make my job easy, I would have to
>>> upload the entire folder structure (it is about 200MBs) to my shared
>>> host and process it there. I would much rather "toy around" with
>>> this process on my Windows development machine and not on the shared
>>> host.
>>>
>>> There is a Php bug filed for this, but it was determined that the
>>> "underlying c-client function is unable to open a file."
>>> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=39880 - closed as "not a bug."
>>>
>>> $mbox = imap_open('pathto/mboxfile', '', '') // works on *nix, but
>>> not on Windows.
>>> - Notice: Unknown: Can't open mailbox mboxfiles/Inbox: no such
>>> mailbox (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0.
>>> (This second error is the one coming from the underlying c-client
>>> function.)
>>
>> Okay, step one: quit munging stuff around and give us the EXACT code,
>> the EXACT contents of variables involved, and the EXACT error messages.
>> You're not revealing national secrets by posting paths to filenames, and
>> what the problem is may be in what you're changing to be more general.
>
> I used generic paths and filenames because I had tried several variations.
>
> I have learned that imap_open only works on a file - on a *nix web
> server - if the path to the mbox file is relative to $HOME. I have not
> found any official documentation, just forum posts saying so, and ... it
> is the only way I have been able to make it work.
>
> So, imap_open works for me (on the remote Linux host) if, and only if, I
> use:
> imap_open ('public_html/mboxfiles/Trash', '', '')
> // Trash is an mbox file I uploaded directly from my Thunderbird Profile
>
> On Windows
> c:/localhost is the document root
> c:/localhost/imap is where the Php scripts are located.
> c:/localhost/imap/mboxfiles is where the mbox file "Trash" is located
>
> I have tried:
> imap_open('localhost/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // equivalent of
> being relative to $HOME on *nix
> imap_open('/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // absolute path from
> document root
> imap_open('mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // relative path
> imap_open('c:/localhost/imap/mboxfiles/Trash', '', ''); // real path on
> disk
>
> On Windows I always get these two errors (the file path changes
> accordingly):
>
> - Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream
> localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash in
> localhost\utilities\imap\imap_save_mbox_file.php on line 127
>
> - Notice: Unknown: Can't open mailbox
> localhost/utilities/imap/eml/Trash: no such mailbox (errflg=2) in
> Unknown on line 0
>
> I have read that the second error is coming from the c-client (errflg=2
> comes from there).
>
I don't see any of the code you listed listing the directories
imap_open() is looking in.
Once again (and for the LAST TIME):
What is the *EXACT CODE* you are using. And what is the *EXACT MESSAGE*
you get in response?
We can't help you if you give incomplete/confusing/incorrect information!
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