Move away from php-imap extension

[bobvandevijver]

The PHP-IMAP extension will be removed from PHP core with 8.4 (https://php.watch/versions/8.4/imap-unbundled). Maybe it is a good idea to migrate to https://github.com/Webklex/php-imap instead?

[mshannaq]

Yes IMAP extension is no longer part of PHP 8.4 Core, which can still be installed from PECL for Existing/legacy PHP applications thats depends on IMAP extension.

[secit-pl]

I've thought about it but php-imap/php-imap and Webklex/php-imap are not compatible with each other and I'll be honest, I still have no idea how to implement Webklex/php-imap support without losing php-imap/php-imap support and big refactoring and bc-break. I also don't want to go into a wrapper for every possible library for imap support.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Currently my best idea is to create a separate bundle under this, but I'm not entirely sure this idea is a good one to maintain two separate repositories.

[ThomasLandauer]

IMO, php-imap/php-imap is dead. Reasons:

• It depends on ext-imap, i.e. it's riding a dead horse.
• It's unmaintained: The latest merging of a PR happened in December 2022.

As you say, supporting Webklex/php-imap and php-imap/php-imap makes no sense. So what about abandoning this bundle here, and starting from scratch with a new bundle just for Webklex/php-imap ?

[bobvandevijver]

I've ended up migrating my project to just webklex/php-imap, as a complete bundle with configuration was not necessary.