PHP - imap_base64() 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_base64() function accepts a string value representing a text which is encoded by base-64 as a parameter, decodes it and returns the result.

imap_binary() function notranslate"> imap_append($txt);

Parameters

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	txt (Mandatory) This is a string value the encoded text.

Return Values

This function returns a string value representing the decoded format of the given message.

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_base64() 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>");
         $msg = "RGFuJ3MgVG9vbHMgYXJlIGNvb2wh";		 
         
         //Converting base64 code
         $res = imap_base64($msg);
         print($res);
      ?>
   </body>
</html>

Output

This will generate the following output −

Connection established....
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Example

Following is another example of this function −

<html>
   <body>
      <?php
         //Establishing connection
         $url = "{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX";
         $id = "tutorialspoint.test@gmail.com";
         $pwd = "cohondob_123";
         $imap = imap_open($url, $id, $pwd);
         print("Connection established...."."<br>");
		 
         //fetching the body
         $text = imap_fetchbody($imap, 1, 1);
         
         //Encoding the mail contents
         $encoded = imap_binary($text);
         print("Encoded value of the mail contents: ". "<br>");
         print($encoded);
         print("<br>");

         //Decoding the mail content
         $res = imap_base64($encoded);
         print("Decoded value of the message: "."<br>");
         print($res);

         //Closing the connection
         imap_close($imap);   
      ?>
   </body>
</html>

Output

This will generate the following output −

Connection established....
Encoded value of the mail contents:
I3NhbXBsZV9tYWlsMQ0K
Decoded value of the message:
#sample_mail1

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