imap_utf7_encode

(PHP 3>= 3.0.15, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

imap_utf7_encode -- Converts 8bit data to modified UTF-7 text.

Description

string imap_utf7_encode ( string data)

Converts 8bit data to modified UTF-7 text. This is needed to encode mailbox names that contain international characters outside of the printable ASCII range. The modified UTF-7 encoding is defined in RFC 2060, section 5.1.3 (original UTF-7 was defned in RFC1642).

Returns the modified UTF-7 text.