Description

Returns a list of all avaible newsgroups

Return value

array - a two dimensional, nested array indicated by the name of the newsgroup, every entry contains information about the newsgroup:

• $groups[newsgroup_name]['group'] Name of the newsgroup

• $groups[newsgroup_name]['last'] Number of the last article

• $groups[newsgroup_name]['first'] Number of the first article

• $groups[newsgroup_name]['posting'] values: y - yes, n - no, m - moderated)

Note

This function can not be called statically.

See

Net_NNTP_Client::selectGroup()

Example

...
$ret = $nntp->connect('news.php.net');
if( PEAR::isError($ret)) {
    // handle error
} else {
    // success
    $groups = $nntp->getGroups();
    // Print a list of avaible newsgroups
    foreach($groups as $group) {
        echo $group['group'].'<br>';
    }
}