imap_utf7_encode

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

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

string imap_utf7_encode ( string $data )

Converts data 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.

Returns data encoded with the modified UTF-7 encoding as defined in » RFC 2060, section 5.1.3 (original UTF-7 was defined in » RFC1642).