Best way to access Exchange using PHP?

Question

I\'m writing a CMS application in PHP and one of the requirements is that it must be able to interface with the customer\'s Exchange server. I\'ve written up this functiona

Answer 1

https://github.com/Garethp/php-ews

It was last updated 3 months ago so it is maintained

Answer 2

This Zarafa PHP MAPI extension looks like it could work.

Answer 3

Is your customer using Exchange 2007? If so, I'd have a look at Exchange Web Services. If not, as hairy as it can be, I think WebDAV is your best bet.

Personally I don't like using the Outlook.Application COM object route, as its security prompts ("An application is attempting to access your contacts. Allow this?", etc.) can cause problems on a server. I also think it would be difficult to accomplish your impersonation-like tasks using Outlook, such as sending mail as a given user.

Answer 4

I have released an open-source MIT licensed library that allows you to do some basic operations in PHP using Exchange Web Services.

Exchange Web Services for PHP

I have only tested it on Linux but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on a Windows installation of PHP as well.

Answer 5

I would look into IMAP

IMAP, POP3 and NNTP

Answer 6

I would recommend using "PHP Exchange Web Services" or short php-ews.

Fair amount of documentation under the wiki, helped me a lot.