imap_utf7_decode

Decodes a modified UTF-7 encoded string

&reftitle.description; ``string``false```imap_utf7_decode` `string` `string`

Decodes modified UTF-7 `string` 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.

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`string`

- A modified UTF-7 encoding string, as defined in RFC 2060, section 5.1.3.

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Returns a string that is encoded in ISO-8859-1 and consists of the same sequence of characters in `string`, or &false; if `string` contains invalid modified UTF-7 sequence or `string` contains a character that is not part of ISO-8859-1 character set.

&reftitle.seealso;

- `imap_utf7_encode`