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PHP - imap_utf7_encode() Function

PHP−IMAP functions helps you to access email accounts, IMAP stands for Internet Mail Access Protocol using these functions you can also work with NNTP, POP3 protocols and local mailbox access methods.

The imap_utf7_encode() function accepts ISO-8859-1 string as a parameter and encodes in UTF-7 format.

Syntax

imap_utf7_decode($txt);

Parameters

Sr.No Parameter & Description
1

txt (Mandatory)

This is a string value representing the ISO-8859-1 string.

Return Values

This function returns a string holding the encoded value of the given string.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 4 and works in all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the imap_utf7_decode() function.

<html>
   <body>
      <?php
         //Decoding the string
         $utf7 = '[Gmail]/&BBIEMAQ2BD0EPgQ1−';
         $res = imap_utf7_decode($utf7);
         print("Decoded value: ".$res."<br>");
         
         //Encoding the result again
         $encoded_val = imap_utf7_encode($res);
         print("Encoded value: ".$encoded_val);
      ?>
   </body>
</html>

Output

This generates the following output −

Decoded value: [Gmail]/06=>5

Encoded value: [Gmail]/&BBIE-0&BA-6&BA-=&BA->&BA-5

Example

Following is another example of this function −

<html>
   <body>
      <?php
         $url = "{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX";
         $id = "tutorialspoint.test@gmail.com";
         $pwd = "cohondob_123";
         $mailbox = imap_open($url, $id, $pwd);
         print("Connection established....");
         print("<br>"); 
         //Creating a mailbox
         $newmailbox = "{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX.test";
         $res = imap_createmailbox($mailbox, imap_utf7_encode($newmailbox));		 
         if($res){
            print("Mailbox created successfully");
         }else{
            print("Error occurred");
         }		 
      ?>
   </body>
</html>

Output

The above program generates the following output −

Connection established....
Mailbox created successfully
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