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imap_utf7_encode

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imap_utf7_encodeConverts ISO-8859-1 string to modified UTF-7 text

Descripción

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.

Parámetros

string

An ISO-8859-1 string.

Valores devueltos

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.
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