PHP 8.4 and Taking Over The Library

[freescout-help]

It looks like the library is not maintained anymore. Maybe someone is willing to take it over?

The first task would be to make it compatible with PHP 8.4.

There is already this pull request but also all the imap_ functions will need to be removed from the library and the POP3 protocol will need to be implemented without using imap_ functions: https://github.com/Webklex/php-imap/blob/master/src/Connection/Protocols/LegacyProtocol.php

[Forin]

https://github.com/stevebauman/php-imap

[freescout-help]

@Forin @stevebauman Thanks

[stevebauman]

Happy to help. If you have any PR's, send them my way and we can get this library patched up. I'll be taking a look at open ones on this repo to see what I can carry over as well 👍

[freescout-help]

Regarding implementing POP3 protocol without PHP IMAP extension functions: stevebauman#9

[salvor-hardin]

I have PHP 8.4.2 and Steve's library is working. Just install the imap library.

wget http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem -O /usr/ssl/cert.pem
pecl channel-update pecl.php.net
pecl install --configureoptions 'with-kerberos="yes" with-imap-ssl="yes"' imap

Then add
extension=imap.so

at the end of your php.ini file.

[freescout-help]

We are providing the helpdesk which is being installed on shared hosting services - most of them don't provide PHP IMAP extensions with PHP 8.4 anymore.

[salvor-hardin]

Without the extensions, and writing adhoc code to simulate something that is already there, you will make this PHP-IMAP library incompatible with PHP 8.4.2 with the extension installed and multiple forever support.

The problem is with the infrastructure where you want to use this library, not with this PHP-IMAP library that Steve has indeed made compatible with PHP 8.4 already.

[freescout-help]

Here is the POP3 protocol implementation without using PHP IMAP extension functions:
https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/blob/master/overrides/webklex/php-imap/src/Connection/Protocols/PopProtocol.php

It works similar to LegacyProtocol.php, just not all the searching options are implemented yet in the search() function (only SINCE is supported for now).

In order to utilize it (when PHP IMAP extension is not enabled) add the following code to /src/Client.php:

            if (extension_loaded('imap') === false) {
                $this->connection = new PopProtocol($this->validate_cert, $this->encryption);
            } else {
                $this->connection = new \Webklex\PHPIMAP\Connection\Protocols\LegacyProtocol($this->validate_cert, $this->encryption);
                if (strpos($protocol, "legacy-") === 0) {
                    $protocol = substr($protocol, 7);
                }
                $this->connection->setProtocol($protocol);
            }