php man page for imap_utf7_encode

IMAP_UTF7_ENCODE(3)							 1						       IMAP_UTF7_ENCODE(3)

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

SYNOPSIS
       string imap_utf7_encode (string	$data)

DESCRIPTION
	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.

PARAMETERS
	      o $data
		- An ISO-8859-1 string.

RETURN VALUES
	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).

SEE ALSO
       imap_utf7_decode(3).

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