PHP Manual: imap_rfc822_parse

imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.2, PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist -- Parses an address string

Description

array imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist ( string address, string default_host )

This function parses the address string as defined in RFC2822 and for each address, returns an array of objects. The objects properties are:

mailbox - the mailbox name (username)
host - the host name
personal - the personal name
adl - at domain source route

Example 1. imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist() example

<?php

$address_string = "Joe Doe <doe@example.com>, postmaster@example.com, root";
$address_array  = imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist($address_string, "example.com");
if (!is_array($address_array) || count($address_array) < 1) {
    die("something is wrong\n");
}
 
foreach ($address_array as $val) {
  echo "mailbox : " . $val->mailbox . "<br />\n";
  echo "host    : " . $val->host . "<br />\n";
  echo "personal: " . $val->personal . "<br />\n";
  echo "adl     : " . $val->adl . "<br />\n";
} 
?>