I got a piping mail script setup to handle e-mails recieved.

When the e-mail is recieved it has all the header information.

From gmail  Thu Jul 15 14:01:19 2010
Received: from google  ([209.85.214.48]:62909)
        by mondial.websitewelcome.com  with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
        (envelope-from <gmail>)
        id 1OZTgN-0004e6-82
        for fake@acct.recycletheworld.org;  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:01:19 -0500
Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so861660bwz.21
        for <fake@acct.recycletheworld.org>;  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com;  s=gamma;
        h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id
         :subject:from:to:content-type;
        bh=cOegrnaRoip9DDzWIO25+fNukVhnAvr0dl9YdZwuJqU=;
        b=mxN9r6J9bMhJURwCZ8jTlUHgxu4BWfmHuLxHAjBbMMhphX5PtVLZ2sXzrrC52p6Iwk
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         CvxgwsawdG21Zm+Q9UAmfdPPSEXZUL5hcxIuo=
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws;
        d=gmail.com;  s=gamma;
        h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type;
        b=KfJIZXgvnM+cd1teEWuHNZhSBwUQP+qMuZsAVc9YdIBbEjazfBNxeeIxED695X7Xu2
         zjJ/vCVKhdMVlOeT7sK08ZX0ROOwONz1IxpLMoNgmel7kPFDDgg0v7LxuEouUqeMOrmy
         lQ6Qk8e+BiBNIiMto+W7XfHOBSSlHi2mNHv6w=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.204.178.68 with SMTP id bl4mr57579bkb.119.1279220480638;  Thu,
        15 Jul 2010 12:01:20 -0700 (PDT)
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PHP Code for email.php

PHP Code:

#!/usr/bin/php -q 
<?php
 
// read from stdin
$fd = fopen("php://stdin", "r");
$email = "";
while (!feof($fd))
{
    $email .= fread($fd, 1024);
}
fclose($fd);
// handle email
$lines = explode("\n", $email);

// empty vars
$from = "";
$subject = "";
$headers = "";
$message = "";
$splittingheaders = false;
for ($i=0; $i < count($lines); $i++) {
    if ($splittingheaders) {
        // this is a header
        $headers .= $lines[$i]."\n";

        // look out for special headers
        if (preg_match("/^Subject: (.*)/", $lines[$i], $matches)) {
            $subject = $matches[1];
        }
        if (preg_match("/^From: (.*)/", $lines[$i], $matches)) {
            $from = $matches[1];
        }
    } else {
        // not a header, but message
        $message .= $lines[$i]."\n";
    }

    if (trim($lines[$i])=="") {
        // empty line, header section has ended
        $splittingheaders = false;
    }
}

I don't want all that extra information. How would I go about doing this?

Hi Red X,

So, which part of the email do you want to have? Only the message body and drop all the header information?

Originally Posted by dp_perdhanahost

Hi Red X,

So, which part of the email do you want to have? Only the message body and drop all the header information?

Just the basic information of every e-mail. Subject, Message, From, To

Hi Red_X_,

I made some modifications on your code. Hope it work for you. Printed in bold are modifications I made.

#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php

// read from stdin
$fd = fopen("php://stdin", "r");
$email = "";
while (!feof($fd))
{
    $email .= fread($fd, 1024);
}
fclose($fd);
// handle email
$lines = explode("\n", $email);

// empty vars
$from = "";
$to = "";
$subject = "";
$headers = "";
$message = "";
$splittingheaders = true;
for ($i=0; $i < count($lines); $i++) {
    if ($splittingheaders) {
        // this is a header
        //$headers .= $lines[$i]."\n";

        // look out for special headers
        if (preg_match("/^Subject: (.*)/", $lines[$i], $matches)) {
            $subject = $matches[1];
        }
        if (preg_match("/^From: (.*)/", $lines[$i], $matches)) {
            $from = $matches[1];
        }
        if (preg_match("/^To: (.*)/", $lines[$i], $matches)) {
            $to = $matches[1];
        }
    } else {
        // not a header, but message
        $message .= $lines[$i]."\n";
    }

    if (trim($lines[$i])=="") {
        // empty line, header section has ended
        $splittingheaders = false;
    }
}

// these following lines only test if the code does it tasks or not.
echo "From: ". $from ."\n";
echo "To: ". $to ."\n";
echo "Subject: ". $subject ."\n";
echo "Message: ". $message ."\n";

Please be informed, that I commented this following line.

//$headers .= $lines[$i]."\n";