If you notice that you're program's memory usage is increasing (as observed using ps) while calling the imap functions, calling this function should free that memory.
imap_gc
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)
imap_gc — Clears IMAP cache
Descrição
bool imap_gc
( resource
$imap_stream
, int $caches
)Purges the cache of entries of a specific type.
Parâmetros
-
imap_stream -
Um stream IMAP retornado por imap_open().
-
caches -
Specifies the cache to purge. It may one or a combination of the following constants:
IMAP_GC_ELT(message cache elements),IMAP_GC_ENV(enveloppe and bodies),IMAP_GC_TEXTS(texts).
Valor Retornado
Retorna TRUE em caso de sucesso ou FALSE em caso de falha.
Exemplos
Exemplo #1 imap_gc() example
<?php
$mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org:143}", "username", "password");
imap_gc($mbox, IMAP_GC_ELT);
?>
