(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
Return the number of messages in the current mailbox.
See also: imap_num_recent() and imap_status().
imap_num_msg($stream) does only return a correct result, if you did not append , delete, etc messages from the mailbox. Otherwise you have to call imap_check($stream) to update the value for this function.
While imap_status sets "read"-Flag when used, imap_num_msg does not touch any flag.