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# imap_createmailbox

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

imap_createmailbox -- Create a new mailbox

## Description

bool imap_createmailbox ( resource imap_stream, string mbox)

imap_createmailbox() creates a new mailbox specified by `mbox`. Names containing international characters should be encoded by imap_utf7_encode()

Returns `TRUE` on success and `FALSE` on error.

See also imap_renamemailbox(), imap_deletemailbox() and imap_open() for the format of `mbox` names.

Example 1. imap_createmailbox() example

    $mbox = imap_open("{your.imap.host}","username","password",OP_HALFOPEN)
         or die("can't connect: ".imap_last_error());

    $name1 = "phpnewbox";
    $name2 = imap_utf7_encode("phpnewb&ouml;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 finaly remove it to restore
    # your inbox to its initial state
    if(@imap_createmailbox($mbox,imap_utf7_encode("{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname"))) {
      $status = @imap_status($mbox,"{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname",SA_ALL);
      if($status) {
        print("your new mailbox '$name1' has the following status:<br>\n");
        print("Messages:   ". $status->messages   )."<br>\n";
        print("Recent:     ". $status->recent     )."<br>\n";
        print("Unseen:     ". $status->unseen     )."<br>\n";
        print("UIDnext:    ". $status->uidnext    )."<br>\n";
        print("UIDvalidity:". $status->uidvalidity)."<br>\n";

        if(imap_renamemailbox($mbox,"{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname","{your.imap.host}INBOX.$name2")) {
          echo "renamed new mailbox from '$name1' to '$name2'<br>\n";
          $newname=$name2;
        } else {
          print "imap_renamemailbox on new mailbox failed: ".imap_last_error()."<br>\n";
        }
      } else {
        print  "imap_status on new mailbox failed: ".imap_last_error()."<br>\n";
      }
      if(@imap_deletemailbox($mbox,"{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname")) {
        print "new mailbox removed to restore initial state<br>\n";
      } else {
        print  "imap_deletemailbox on new mailbox failed: ".implode("<br>\n",imap_errors())."<br>\n";
      }

    } else {
      print  "could not create new mailbox: ".implode("<br>\n",imap_errors())."<br>\n";
    }

    imap_close($mbox);

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