Laravel IMAP Service

ImapService.php

<?php

namespace App\Services;

class ImapService {
    
    protected $imapHost;
    protected $imapEmail;
    protected $imapPassword;
    protected $searchCriteria;
    protected $seen;
    protected $removeTags;
    protected $inbox;
    protected $emailData;
    protected $emails = [];

    public function __construct($imap_host,$imap_email,$imap_password,$subject,$seen=false,$removeTags=true) {
        $this->imapHost = $imap_host;
        $this->imapEmail = $imap_email;
        $this->imapPassword = $imap_password;
        $this->seen = $seen;
        $this->removeTags = $removeTags;
        $this->searhCriteria = $this->_buildSearchCriteria($subject);
        return $this;
    }
    
    public function getEmails() {
        try {
            $this->_openInbox();
            $this->_searchInbox();
            $this->_parseEmails();
        } catch( Exception $e ) {
            \Log::Error(imap_last_error()); 
        }
        return $this->emails;
    }
    private function _buildSearchCriteria($subject) {
        return sprintf('FROM "%s" SUBJECT "%s" %s',$this->imapEmail,$subject,$this->_isSeen());
    }
    private function _isSeen() {
        return ($this->seen ? 'SEEN' : 'UNSEEN');
    }
    private function _openInbox() {
        $this->inbox = imap_open($this->imapHost, $this->imapEmail, $this->imapPassword);
    }
    private function _searchInbox() {
        $this->emailData = imap_search($this->inbox, $this->searhCriteria);
    }
    private function _parseEmails() {
        if($this->emailData) {
            foreach ($this->emailData as $emailNumber){
                array_push($this->emails,$this->_getEmail($emailNumber));
            }            
        }
    }
    private function _getEmail($emailNumber) {
        $message = imap_fetchbody ($this->inbox, $emailNumber, 2);
        if($this->removeTags) return trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', strip_tags( $message )));
	    return $message;	
    }
}