[PHP] read mail and extract data of attached files

Goal : extract and save in a database some information of a word document attached in a mail ! 1 script - 3 Steps : 1. Read the mail box with imap protocol in an external server 2. Extract the attached file ([login to view URL]) and save it as a .txt file 3. Extract some data of the doc file with REGEX (PCRE), all doc are on the same pattern and save those data in a MySQL database. exemple of pattern :  > began with "MERGEFIELD xxxxxxxxxx «" end with "»" > began with "MERGEFIELD yyyyyyyyy «" end with "»" The script will be execute with a Cron (timing not yet decided) The script will have many other action after (send mail after saving on database, send SMS etc.) Feel free to contact me to have any more information, Waiting for your biding !