There's an open bug on this, #15238 (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=15238&;). I'm sure patches would be welcomed.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 03:49:18PM -0500, Dominik Gehl wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that the imap extension seems to support only IMAP2 search criteria. > > This is caused by the fact that in ext/imap/php_imap.c, the imap_search > function uses a call to mail_criteria. And > the University of Washington IMAP toolkit mentions in docs/internal.txt: > > SEARCHPGM *mail_criteria (char *criteria); > criteria IMAP2-format search criteria string > > This function accepts an IMAP2-format search criteria string and > parses it. If the parse is successful, it returns a search program > suitable for use in mail_search_full(). > WARNING: This function does not accept IMAP4 search criteria. > > > Is there any specific reason why PHP uses this mail_criteria call ? It really > would be nice to be able to use IMAP4 search criteria ! > > Thanks, > Dominik > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
