protected function email()
    {
    $hostname = '{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX';
    $username = '*************';
    $password = '**********';
    /*Get all the data in $inbox*/
    $inbox = imap_open($hostname, $username, $password) or die('Cannot connect: ' . imap_last_error());
    /*collect ALL the messages in inbox*/
    $emails = imap_search($inbox, 'ALL');
    /*Collect unread messages only*/
    $emails_unread = imap_search($inbox, 'UNSEEN');
    /*Count rows from table 'Email'*/
    $row_count = count(Email::all());

    $email_count = count($emails);
    $emails_unread_count = count($emails_unread);
    var_dump($emails_unread_count);
    die();
    }