imap_utf8

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imap_utf8Converts MIME-encoded text to UTF-8

Description

imap_utf8(string $mime_encoded_text): string

Converts the given mime_encoded_text to UTF-8, if the declared charset is known to libc-client. Otherwise the given text is decoded, but not converted to UTF-8.

Parameters

mime_encoded_text

A MIME encoded string. MIME encoding method and the UTF-8 specification are described in » RFC2047 and » RFC2044 respectively.

Return Values

Returns the decoded string, if possible converted to UTF-8.

Examples

Example #1 Basic imap_utf8() Usage

<?php
echo imap_utf8("Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=");
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Johannes Schlüter

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esvit at mail dot ru
13 years ago
That fixed the all caps issue:

<?php
function imap_utf8_fix($string) {
  return
iconv_mime_decode($string,0,"UTF-8");
}
?>
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kloewer at gmail dot com
13 years ago
Use  iconv_mime_decode();

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

http://php.net/manual/de/function.iconv-mime-decode.php
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marcelo at maccoy dot com dot br
19 years ago
# this script are correct with the right signs remove expression
# please, ignore the later.
function decode_utf8($str){
       # paterns
           $err="(=\?.{10,13}q\?_?|\?\=)";
           $pat = "/=([0-9A-F]{2})/";
           $cha="'.chr(hexdec(";
       # erase null signs in string
          $str=eregi_replace($err,"",$str);
       # to decode with eval and replace
          eval("\$str='".
                  preg_replace($pat,$cha."'$1')).'",$str)
                  ."';");
        # return
           return $str;
}
#Note: you can to reduce this script in 3 lines.
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number0 at tlen dot pl
15 years ago
string in uppercase error http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44098
my function to decode string

<?php
function decodeMimeStr($string, $charset="UTF-8" )
{
     
$newString = '';
     
$elements=imap_mime_header_decode($string);
      for(
$i=0;$i<count($elements);$i++)
      {
        if (
$elements[$i]->charset == 'default')
         
$elements[$i]->charset = 'iso-8859-1';
       
$newString .= iconv($elements[$i]->charset, $charset, $elements[$i]->text);
      }
      return
$newString;
}
?>
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Anonymous webmaster@luzon14DoTCom
17 years ago
You may also try this example:

$_subject = "=?iso-8859-1?b?THV6b26uMTQ=?= dot CoM";
echo utf8_decode(imap_utf8($_subject));

OUTPUT: Luzon®14 dot CoM

Regards,
Tuso/Nazareth
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MetaYii
15 years ago
Be aware: imap_utf8 tends to return the string in uppercase.
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hans at lintoo dot dk
19 years ago
Also see:
<?php
imap_mime_header_decode
($sting);
?>
Don't try to decode subjects with this one... imap_mime_header_decode does a much better job at that.
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mogster_at_boomdesign.no
22 years ago
To get a complete decode to utf8 (which is the protocol with "national" characters), use these two:
$subject = "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?B=F8lla?=, med =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=F8l?= i baggen";
$subject = imap_utf8($subject);
$subject = utf8_decode($subject);
will return the subject in 8-bit ascii.
That is, both functions.

knutm :-)
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