Problem with subject =?UTF-8?Q? (2)

[paulocardozo]

Describe the bug When I'm parsing the e-mail message, I'm facing this issue when trying to getSubject().

Used config I'm using default package config.

Code to Reproduce The troubling code section which produces the reported bug.

$client = Client::account('default');
$client->connect();
$inbox = $client->getFolderByPath('INBOX');
$query = $inbox->messages();
$messages = $query->where(['UNSEEN'])->from($email)->get();

foreach ($messages as $message) {    
     echo $message->getSubject();
}

Expected behavior 99% of cases this script work, but to an specific message it's returing the subject as:

=?utf-8?Q?Confirmaci=C3=B3n_reserva_Free_Tour_Flo?= =?utf-8?Q?rencia_Esencial_-_Buendiatours.com?=

Desktop / Server (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11 Enterprise
• PHP: XAMPP / PHP 8.2.7
• Version v5.3
• Provider Hetzner Online GmbH

[paulocardozo]

@Webklex I tried what you said but no solutions.. I'm available to explore the issue but all did I try didn't worked.

[Webklex]

Hi @paulocardozo, thanks a lot for reporting this issue here. I really appreciate it!

Since you are using a windows environment, I'm intriqued if it's related to #413. If you try to access the text body of a message - do you actually receive it or are the headers included as well?

Additionally, please donate an anonymized version of the troubling mail. This will allow me to create a dedicated test case for this issue. anonymized = remove all personal information you don't want to share with the world :)

Once again, thanks for taking the time and effort to make this library better!

Best regards and happy coding,

[paulocardozo]

@Webklex I can provide you in private

[paulocardozo]

@Webklex It seems be a local problem.. I'm creating from scratch an application that verify constantly a mailbox, in the older version of application, your packege is working as well, but on newer not.. I'll further investigate here and post as soon as I have news.

Thanks!

[paulocardozo]

@Webklex I just noticed, the same code works on unix server (Hostinger), but isn't working locally on Windows. It's seems very strange to me, but still investigating..

[Webklex]

Hi @paulocardozo , thanks for the followups. This sounds indeed interesting - but what could it possibly be? Perhaps different default php mods?

[paulocardozo]

@Webklex I really dont know.. I've checked all php.ini from versions installed here and nothing seems wrong..

It's the old version, working..

Working (Old) - ExtractBookingEmailsJob.zip

It's the newest version, not working..

Not Working (Newest) - ExtractTourBookingsEmailsJob.zip

[Webklex]

Honestly, I have no idea right now.. If anything regarding this pops in my mind I'll let you know for sure. Thanks again for your help!

[paulocardozo]

@Webklex Well, as I'm very delayed in a project, I've tested the solution above, it's related to https://github.com/Webklex/php-imap/issues/410#issuecomment-1608876508 and it worked.

`private static function decodeSubject($subject) { $parts = preg_match_all("/(=?[^?]+?[BQ]?)([^?]+)(?=)[\r\n\t ]*/i", $subject, $m);

    $joined_parts = '';
    if (count($m[1]) > 1 && !empty($m[2])) {
        // Example: GyRCQGlNVTtZRTkhIT4uTlMbKEI=
        $joined_parts = $m[1][0].implode('', $m[2]).$m[3][0];

        $subject_decoded = iconv_mime_decode($joined_parts, ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR, "UTF-8");

        if ($subject_decoded && trim($subject_decoded) != trim(rtrim($joined_parts, '='))) {
            return $subject_decoded;
        }
    }

    // iconv_mime_decode() can't decode:
    // =?iso-2022-jp?B?IBskQiFaSEcyPDpuQC4wTU1qIVs3Mkp2JSIlLyU3JSItahsoQg==?=
    $subject_decoded = iconv_mime_decode($subject, ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR, "UTF-8");

    // Sometimes iconv_mime_decode() can't decode some parts of the subject:
    // =?iso-2022-jp?B?IBskQiFaSEcyPDpuQC4wTU1qIVs3Mkp2JSIlLyU3JSItahsoQg==?=
    // =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCQGlNVTtZRTkhIT4uTlMbKEI=?=
    if (preg_match_all("/=\?[^\?]+\?[BQ]\?/i", $subject_decoded)) {
        $subject_decoded = \imap_utf8($subject);
    }

    if (!$subject_decoded) {
        $subject_decoded = $subject;
    }

    return $subject_decoded;

}`

[freescout-helpdesk]

FYI. In our project we've completely replaced $this->decode($header->subject) function with the one we've developed (see https://github.com/Webklex/php-imap/issues/410) because current solution ($this->decode()) often is not able to decode subject properly: https://github.com/freescout-helpdesk/freescout/blob/dist/overrides/webklex/php-imap/src/Header.php#L208

And it works like a charm now. So we have not seen any subject which this function could not decode.

[daniel89fg]

I have version 5.5 and the MailHelper library does not exist. Why? I have the same problem, some email subjects don't go well.

[paulocardozo]

I have created a function to parse subject:

`private static function decodeSubject($subject) {

    $parts = preg_match_all("/(=\?[^\?]+\?[BQ]\?)([^\?]+)(\?=)[\r\n\t ]*/i", $subject, $m);

    $joined_parts = '';
    if (count($m[1]) > 1 && !empty($m[2])) {
        // Example: GyRCQGlNVTtZRTkhIT4uTlMbKEI=
        $joined_parts = $m[1][0] . implode('', $m[2]) . $m[3][0];

        $subject_decoded = iconv_mime_decode($joined_parts, ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR, "UTF-8");

        if ($subject_decoded && trim($subject_decoded) != trim(rtrim($joined_parts, '='))) {
            return $subject_decoded;
        }
    }

    // iconv_mime_decode() can't decode:
    // =?iso-2022-jp?B?IBskQiFaSEcyPDpuQC4wTU1qIVs3Mkp2JSIlLyU3JSItahsoQg==?=
    $subject_decoded = iconv_mime_decode($subject, ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR, "UTF-8");

    // Sometimes iconv_mime_decode() can't decode some parts of the subject:
    // =?iso-2022-jp?B?IBskQiFaSEcyPDpuQC4wTU1qIVs3Mkp2JSIlLyU3JSItahsoQg==?=
    // =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCQGlNVTtZRTkhIT4uTlMbKEI=?=
    if (preg_match_all("/=\?[^\?]+\?[BQ]\?/i", $subject_decoded)) {
        $subject_decoded = \imap_utf8($subject);
    }

    if (!$subject_decoded) {
        $subject_decoded = $subject;
    }

    return $subject_decoded;
}`

Then I do that.

[daniel89fg]

Wonderful, works perfectly, thank you very much. We'll hope the imap-php library fixes this in the future.

[devlibfer]

Hi guys, sometimes the $message->getSubject() method returns text in quoted-printable. How can I detect the format of the email subject?

[blagi]

this paulocardozo decodeSubject function id doing pretty good job with my test set of subjects, but cannot decode this one:

=?UTF-8?B?VGlja2V0IE5vOiBb7aC97bOpMTddIE1haWxib3ggSW5ib3ggLSAoMTcpIEluY29taW5nIGZhaWxlZCBtZXNzYWdlcw==?=

I had issue with it using some modified Roundcubemail methods (my 10 years old solution), and I had to make some modifications for this subject. Finally I got a solution that decode it to valid UTF-8 string, but it's complicated and I need a better one with Webklex/php-imap. Anybody can modify this nice paulocardozo function above to work with this subject?

[freescout-helpdesk]

this paulocardozo decodeSubject function id doing pretty good job with my test set of subjects, but cannot decode this one:

=?UTF-8?B?VGlja2V0IE5vOiBb7aC97bOpMTddIE1haWxib3ggSW5ib3ggLSAoMTcpIEluY29taW5nIGZhaWxlZCBtZXNzYWdlcw==?=

We've just checked this subject with the latest version of decodeSubject() function, it was decoded into:

Ticket No: [??????17] Mailbox Inbox - (17) Incoming failed messages

[blagi]

We've just checked this subject with the latest version of decodeSubject() function, it was decoded into:

Ticket No: [??????17] Mailbox Inbox - (17) Incoming failed messages

Great. That's correct subject. In original encoded subject there are a couple of invalid utf-8 characters and that function is replacing them with question mark.

Thanks!