imap_sort
  (PHP 4, PHP 5)
imap_sort — Gets and sort messages
  
 
  Description
  
   array imap_sort
    ( resource $imap_stream
   , int $criteria
   , int $reverse
   [, int $options
   [, string $search_criteria
   [, string $charset
  ]]] )
  
  
 
  Parameters
  
   
    - 
imap_stream
 - 
An IMAP stream returned by 
imap_open().
 
    - 
     criteria
     
 - 
      
       Criteria can be one (and only one) of the following:
       
        - 
         
          SORTDATE - message Date
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SORTARRIVAL - arrival date
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SORTFROM - mailbox in first From address
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SORTSUBJECT - message subject
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SORTTO - mailbox in first To address
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SORTCC - mailbox in first cc address
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SORTSIZE - size of message in octets
         
        
 
       
      
      
    
    - 
     reverse
     
 - 
      
       Set this to 1 for reverse sorting
      
      
    
    - 
     options
     
 - 
      
       The options
 are a bitmask of one or more of the
       following:
       
        - 
         
          SE_UID - Return UIDs instead of sequence numbers
         
        
 
        - 
         
          SE_NOPREFETCH - Don't prefetch searched messages
         
        
 
       
      
      
    
    - 
     search_criteria
     
 - 
      
      
      
    
    - 
     charset
     
 - 
      
      
      
    
   
  
  
 
  Return Values
  
   Returns an array of message numbers sorted by the given
   parameters.