PHP - imap_rfc822_write_address() Function

Quiz

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_rfc822_write_address() function accepts three string values representing the mailbox name, host name and, owner name as parameters and returns the formatted email address.

Syntax

imap_rfc822_write_address($mailbox, $host, $personal);

Parameters

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	mailbox (Mandatory) This is a string value representing the addresses.
2	host (Mandatory) This is a string value representing the hostname.
3	Personal (Mandatory) This is a string value representing the name of the account owner.

Sr.No

Parameter & Description

mailbox (Mandatory)

This is a string value representing the addresses.

host (Mandatory)

This is a string value representing the hostname.

Personal (Mandatory)

This is a string value representing the name of the account owner.

Return Values

This function returns a string value holding the formatted email address.

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_rfc822_write_address() 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>");
		  
         //Returns formatted e-mail address	 
         print("Formatted Email Address: "."<br>");
         $addr = imap_rfc822_write_address($url, "test_host", "Owner");
         print($addr);
    
         //Closing the connection
         imap_close($imap);   
      ?>
   </body>
</html>

Output

This will generate the following output −

Connection established....
Formatted Email Address:
Owner <"{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl/novalidate-cert}INBOX"@test_host>

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