php man page for imap_utf7_decode

IMAP_UTF7_DECODE(3)							 1						       IMAP_UTF7_DECODE(3)

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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