Doc #53361 [NEW]: imap_search function (almost) always returns false

From: hm2k Operating system: CentOS PHP version: 5.2.14 Package: IMAP related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:imap_search function (almost) always returns false Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.imap-search --- The imap_search() function almost always returns false with no hint or indication as to why. Test script: --------------- <pre> <?php ini_set('display_errors','On'); error_reporting(E_ALL); include 'settings.php'; //connect to mailbox $stream=imap_open('{'.$host.'/imap/notls/norsh/novalidate-cert/readonly}INBOX',$user,$pass,OP_SILENT); echo "imap_mailboxmsginfo\n"; var_dump(imap_mailboxmsginfo($stream)); echo "\n"; //searches $searches=array(); $searches[]='ALL'; $searches[]='ANSWERED'; $searches[]='BCC "@"'; $searches[]='BEFORE 19-11-2010'; $searches[]='SINCE 1-1-1970'; $searches[]='SINCE 01-01-1970'; $searches[]='SINCE 01-Jan-1970'; $searches[]='SINCE "1-1-1970"'; $searches[]='SINCE "1-Jan-1970"'; $searches[]='SINCE "17-Jul-1996 02:44:25 -0700"'; $searches[]='SINCE "17 Nov 2008"'; foreach ($searches as $search) { echo "imap_search $search\n"; var_dump(imap_search($stream,$search)); //bool(false) if (imap_last_error()) { echo 'Error: '.imap_last_error()."\n"; } echo "\n"; } Expected result: ---------------- Returns an array of message numbers or UIDs. Actual result: -------------- imap_mailboxmsginfo object(stdClass)#1 (8) { ["Unread"]=> int(70) ["Deleted"]=> int(0) ["Nmsgs"]=> int(974) ["Size"]=> int(19740065) ["Date"]=> string(37) "Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:50:34 +0000 (GMT)" ["Driver"]=> string(4) "imap" ["Mailbox"]=> string(96) "{mail.example.com:143/imap/notls/novalidate-cert/readonly/user="email@example.com"}INBOX" ["Recent"]=> int(0) } imap_search ALL bool(false) imap_search ANSWERED bool(false) imap_search BCC "@" bool(false) imap_search BEFORE 19-11-2010 bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: BEFORE imap_search SINCE 1-1-1970 bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE imap_search SINCE 01-01-1970 bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE imap_search SINCE 01-Jan-1970 bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE imap_search SINCE "1-1-1970" bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE imap_search SINCE "1-Jan-1970" bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE imap_search SINCE "17-Jul-1996 02:44:25 -0700" bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE imap_search SINCE "17 Nov 2008" bool(false) Error: Unknown search criterion: SINCE Notice: Unknown: Unknown search criterion: BEFORE (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0 Notice: Unknown: Unknown search criterion: SINCE (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0 Notice: Unknown: Unknown search criterion: SINCE (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0 Notice: Unknown: Unknown search criterion: SINCE (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53361&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53361&r=mysqlcfg