[imp] Installing PHP questions are offtopic

[Christopher Stein]

> Yes, people have. You're using 2.3, correct? Make a test script that has in it:

Nope, I am using Horde 2.2.4 w/ php-3.0.18.

> 
> <?php
> 
> $stream = imap_open('{your.server:143/imap}', 'username', 'password');
> $foo = imap_check($stream);
> var_dump($foo);
> imap_close($stream);
> 
> ?>
> 
> ... and see if you can get that to work (obviously substituting valid 
> server/user/pass). If that works, 

Yes, it seems to work.. displayed in the browser window:

object(5) { string(4) "Date" string(36) "Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:54:45 -0500
(EST)" string(6) "Driver" string(4) "imap" string(7) "Mailbox"
string(53) "{orvieto.eecs.harvard.edu:143/imap/user="stein"}INBOX" string(5) "Nmsgs" int(36) string(6) "Recent" int(30) } 

>I'm willing to bet the problem is with the 
> password not being successfully decoded in Secret::read(); in that case, 
> information on whether or not you have mcrypt, 

No, I don't.

>what browser you're using, and

I have tried:

Netscape Lite 4.08/Export, 02-Nov-98 (on FreeBSD 4.0)
Netscape 4.05/Export, 26-Mar-98; (on DEC OSF1 Alpha)
 
> do you have cookies enabled/disabled would be useful.

Cookies are enabled on both.

thanks,
-Chris