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imap_utf8

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

imap_utf8 — Converts MIME-encoded text to UTF-8

Description

function imap_utf8(string $mime_encoded_text): string

Converts the given mime_encoded_text to UTF-8, if the declared charset is known to libc-client. Otherwise the given text is decoded, but not converted to UTF-8.

Parameters

mime_encoded_text

A MIME encoded string. MIME encoding method and the UTF-8 specification are described in » RFC2047 and » RFC2044 respectively.

Return Values

Returns the decoded string, if possible converted to UTF-8.

Examples

Example #1 Basic imap_utf8() Usage

<?php
echo imap_utf8("Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=");
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Johannes Schlüter

See Also


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