# imap_append

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_append — Append a string message to a specified mailbox

### Description

bool imap_append ( resource `$imap_stream` , string `$mailbox` , string `$message` [, string `$options` ] )

Appends a string `message` to the specified `mailbox` .

### Parameters

`imap_stream`

  An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

`mailbox`

  The mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information

`message`

  The message to be append, as a string

  When talking to the Cyrus IMAP server, you must use "\r\n" as your end-of-line terminator instead of "\n" or the operation will fail

`options`

  If provided, the `options` will also be written to the `mailbox`

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 imap_append() example

`<?php
$stream = imap_open("{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts", "username", "password");
$check = imap_check($stream);
echo "Msg Count before append: ". $check->Nmsgs . "\n";
imap_append($stream, "{imap.example.org}INBOX.Drafts"
, "From: me@example.com\r\n"
. "To: you@example.com\r\n"
. "Subject: test\r\n"
. "\r\n"
. "this is a test message, please ignore\r\n"
);
$check = imap_check($stream);
echo "Msg Count after append : ". $check->Nmsgs . "\n";
imap_close($stream);
?>`