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PHP - imap_binary() 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_binary() function accepts a string value representing an 8-bit string as a parameter and converts it into a base64 string.

Syntax

imap_binary($str);

Parameters

Sr.No Parameter & Description
1

str (Mandatory)

This is a string value representing the 8bit string to convert

Return Values

This function returns a string value which is a base64 format 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_binary() 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>");
		 
         //Encoding the text
         $text = "Welcome to Tutorials point";		
         $encoded = imap_binary($text);
         print("Encoded value: ". "<br>");
         print($encoded);
		 
         //Closing the connection
         imap_close($imap);   
      ?>
   </body>
</html>

Output

This will generate the following output −

Connection established....
Encoded value:
V2VsY29tZSB0byBUdXRvcmlhbHNwb2ludA==

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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