koopa/php-ole-msg-parser

Minimal PHP library for parsing Outlook .msg files incl. attachments stored in OLE compound documents.

dev-master 2025-11-24 14:45 UTC

Requires

• php: ^7.4

MIT

• kon

README

Minimal PHP library for parsing Outlook .msg files stored in OLE compound documents.

Features

• Reads raw OLE compound streams without external dependencies
• Extracts headers, plain-text body, RTF body, and attachments from .msg files
• Provides lightweight loader interfaces for custom property handling

Installation

composer require koopa/php-ole-msg-parser

Usage

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Opt\OLE\MsgParser;

$parser = new MsgParser('path/to/message.msg');
$message = $parser->parse();

print_r($message->headers);
echo $message->body;
foreach ($message->attachments as $attachment) {
    file_put_contents($attachment['filename'], base64_decode($attachment['data']));
}

Requirements

• PHP 7.4+
• mbstring extenstion

License

MIT