(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Create a new mailbox
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()
Returns:
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
Examples:
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("phpnewböx"); // phpnewb&w7Y-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 finally 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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