Fetching attachments from gmail via either python or php

Question

I have been trying to find information on how to retrieve attachments from a gmail account in either python or PHP, I\'m hoping that someone here can be of some help, thanks.

Answer 1

I found some code that works! this will download any attachments to a selected folder

parts;
        foreach ($parts as $part) {
            if ($part->parameters[0]->attribute == "NAME") {
                //Generate a filename with format DATE_RANDOM#_ATTACHMENTNAME.EXT
                $savefilename = date("m-d-Y") . '_' . mt_rand(rand(), 6) . '_' . $part->parameters[0]->value;
                save_attachment(imap_fetchbody($imap,$result,2),$savefilename,$savefilepath,$savethumbpath);
                imap_fetchbody($imap,$result,2); //This marks message as read
            } 
        }
    }
}

imap_close($imap);

function save_attachment( $content , $filename , $localfilepath, $thumbfilepath ) {
    if (imap_base64($content) != FALSE) {   
        $file = fopen($localfilepath.$filename, 'w');
        fwrite($file, imap_base64($content));
        fclose($file);
    }
}
?>