imap_utf7_encode

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imap_utf7_encode — Converts ISO-8859-1 string to modified UTF-7 text

Description

imap_utf7_encode(string $string): string

Converts string to modified UTF-7 text.

This is needed to encode mailbox names that contain certain characters which are not in range of printable ASCII characters.

Parameters

string: An ISO-8859-1 string.

Return Values

Returns string encoded with the modified UTF-7 encoding as defined in » RFC 2060, section 5.1.3.

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Olivier ¶

5 years ago

For those who search for a good implementation of modified UTF-7 encoding for IMAP, you can find a code that works on :
http://tananyag.ntszki.hu/mail/functions/imap_utf7_local.php
The result is different from imap-utf7-encode() function and is identical to mailbox name generated by Thunderbird.