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 or FALSE on failure..

Example 1. imap_createmailbox() example <?php $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) {         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, "{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname", "{your.imap.host}INBOX.$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, "{your.imap.host}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); ?>

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