IMAP Functions
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imap_createmailbox

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

imap_createmailboxCreate a new mailbox

Description

bool imap_createmailbox ( resource $imap_stream , string $mailbox )

Creates a new mailbox specified by mailbox.

Parameters

imap_stream

An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

mailbox

The mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information. Names containing international characters should be encoded by imap_utf7_encode()

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 imap_createmailbox() example

<?php
$mbox 
imap_open("{imap.example.org}""username""password"OP_HALFOPEN)
     or die(
"can't connect: " imap_last_error());

$name1 "phpnewbox";
$name2 imap_utf7_encode("phpnewböx"); // phpnewb&w7Y-x

$newname $name1;

echo 
"Newname will be '$name1'<br />\n";

// we will now create a new mailbox "phptestbox" in your inbox folder,
// check its status after creation and finally remove it to restore
// your inbox to its initial state

if (@imap_createmailbox($mboximap_utf7_encode("{imap.example.org}INBOX.$newname"))) {
    
$status = @imap_status($mbox"{imap.example.org}INBOX.$newname"SA_ALL);
    if (
$status) {
        echo 
"your new mailbox '$name1' has the following status:<br />\n";
        echo 
"Messages:   " $status->messages    "<br />\n";
        echo 
"Recent:     " $status->recent      "<br />\n";
        echo 
"Unseen:     " $status->unseen      "<br />\n";
        echo 
"UIDnext:    " $status->uidnext     "<br />\n";
        echo 
"UIDvalidity:" $status->uidvalidity "<br />\n";

        if (
imap_renamemailbox($mbox"{imap.example.org}INBOX.$newname""{imap.example.org}INBOX.$name2")) {
            echo 
"renamed new mailbox from '$name1' to '$name2'<br />\n";
            
$newname $name2;
        } else {
            echo 
"imap_renamemailbox on new mailbox failed: " imap_last_error() . "<br />\n";
        }
    } else {
        echo 
"imap_status on new mailbox failed: " imap_last_error() . "<br />\n";
    }

    if (@
imap_deletemailbox($mbox"{imap.example.org}INBOX.$newname")) {
        echo 
"new mailbox removed to restore initial state<br />\n";
    } else {
        echo 
"imap_deletemailbox on new mailbox failed: " implode("<br />\n"imap_errors()) . "<br />\n";
    }

} else {
    echo 
"could not create new mailbox: " implode("<br />\n"imap_errors()) . "<br />\n";
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>

See Also


IMAP Functions
PHP Manual