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ICONV_MIME_DECODE(3)							 1						      ICONV_MIME_DECODE(3)

iconv_mime_decode - Decodes a MIMEheader field

SYNOPSIS
       string iconv_mime_decode (string  $encoded_header, [int	$mode], [string  $charset = ini_get("iconv.internal_encoding")])

DESCRIPTION
	Decodes a MIME header field.

PARAMETERS
	      o $encoded_header
		- The encoded header, as a string.

	      o $mode
		-$mode	determines  the  behaviour in the event iconv_mime_decode(3) encounters a malformed MIME header field. You can specify any
		combination of the following bitmasks.

	      Bitmasks acceptable to iconv_mime_decode(3)

	      +------+--------------------------------------+---+
	      |Value |					    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |      |		     Constant		    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |      |		   Description		    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      +------+--------------------------------------+---+
	      |  1   |					    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |      |	     ICONV_MIME_DECODE_STRICT	    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |      |	If set, the given header is decoded |	|
	      |      | in  full  conformance with the stan- |	|
	      |      | dards  defined  in   RFC2047.   This |	|
	      |      | option	is   disabled	by  default |	|
	      |      | because there are a  lot  of  broken |	|
	      |      | mail  user  agents that don't follow |	|
	      |      | the specification and don't  produce |	|
	      |      | correct MIME headers.		    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |  2   |					    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |      | ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR  |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      |      |	If   set,   iconv_mime_decode_head- |	|
	      |      | ers(3) attempts to ignore any  gram- |	|
	      |      | matical	 errors   and  continue  to |	|
	      |      | process a given header.		    |	|
	      |      |					    |	|
	      +------+--------------------------------------+---+
	      o $charset
		- The optional $charset parameter specifies the character set to represent the result by. If omitted, iconv.internal_encoding will
		be used.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a decoded MIME field on success, or FALSE if an error occurs during the decoding.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      iconv_mime_decode(3) example

	      <?php
	      // This yields "Subject: Prufung Prufung"
	      echo iconv_mime_decode("Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UHLDvGZ1bmcgUHLDvGZ1bmc=?=",
				     0, "ISO-8859-1");
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       iconv_mime_decode_headers(3), mb_decode_mimeheader(3), imap_mime_header_decode(3), imap_base64(3), imap_qprint(3).

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