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imap_utf7_decode - Decodes a modified UTF-7 encoded string
SYNOPSIS
string imap_utf7_decode (string $text)
DESCRIPTION
Decodes modified UTF-7 $text into ISO-8859-1 string.
This function is needed to decode mailbox names that contain certain characters which are not in range of printable ASCII characters.
PARAMETERS
o $text
- A modified UTF-7 encoding string, as defined in RFC 2060, section 5.1.3 (original UTF-7 was defined in RFC1642).
RETURN VALUES
Returns a string that is encoded in ISO-8859-1 and consists of the same sequence of characters in $text, or FALSE if $text contains
invalid modified UTF-7 sequence or $text contains a character that is not part of ISO-8859-1 character set.
SEE ALSO
imap_utf7_encode(3).
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