PHP: Using the PHP imap() function

[denny8569]

Ok here's what I want to do.. I want to write a script that will automatically catch all emails and auto-respond based on what is in the content of the email... For example I know how to create auto-responders but they send the same email everytime.. I want a script that first off checks the email account (imap()) and then responds based on the user email... eventually I would like to turn my server into a text sending server sending texts to cellphones (I can do that already) but I want it so users can send in a question from their phone and the server will answer them back correctly.

Any thoughts on how to go about doing this?

[actionAction]

You are halfway there, use cron jobs to run the script at a given interval. I would suggest using the PEAR IMAP class (http://pear.php.net/package/Mail_IMAP/download/All) to parse the messages as it provides a thorough and object-oriented means of accessing mailboxes.