imap_num_msg($stream) does only return a correct result, if you did not append , delete, etc messages from the mailbox.
Otherwise you have to call imap_check($stream) to update the value for this function.
imap_num_msg
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_num_msg — Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox
Description
int imap_num_msg
( resource $imap_stream
)
Gets the number of messages in the current mailbox.
Return Values
Return the number of messages in the current mailbox, as an integer.
imap_num_msg
Oliver
14-Apr-2006 07:53
14-Apr-2006 07:53
comlampe at aol dot com
09-Apr-2004 04:30
09-Apr-2004 04:30
While imap_status sets "read"-Flag when used, imap_num_msg does not touch any flag.