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Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

imap_createmailbox

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_createmailbox — Create 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("phpnewb&ouml;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 finaly remove it to restore
// your inbox to its initial state

if (@imap_createmailbox($mbox, imap_utf7_encode("{imap.example.org}INBOX.$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);
?>



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