Re: php imap_search fails for subject strings which have apostrophe

Thanks for the reply. I had posted this on gmail forums and someone just posted this is a server-side limitation actually. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?fid=05fef86a09eb199d00049338b3282f61&hl=en I guess I'll have to figure out other ways ways to make this happen On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Govinda <govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com>wrote: > I've to search for messages from Gmail Inbox over IMAP using search by >> SUBJECT . The php-imap imap_search() works fine when the subject is pure >> alphanumeric. If the subject string has an apostrophe or a dash then the >> search fails. >> >> imap_seach($mbox, 'ALL SUBJECT "<search string>"'); >> >> imap_seach($mbox, 'ALL SUBJECT "this is a string without quote"'); >> //Works >> imap_seach($mbox, 'ALL SUBJECT "this is a string with quote's and >> da-sh"'); >> //Doesn't Work >> >> I've tried using the Zend Framework IMAP library too, it fails too. I've >> been talking to people over some forums, they say subject search via imap >> on >> gmail works for them. >> >> What can be the problem here? I've tried escaping them but it did not >> help. >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Nitesh Nandy >> > > > Hi Nitesh, > > I am a newbie in PHP, but I would guess the way you are attempting to > escape the non-alphanumeric chars is faulty. > Can you please show the code you are using to do the escaping? > > ------------ > Govinda > > -- Regards, Nitesh Nandy