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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.quoted-printable-encode">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>quoted_printable_encode</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Convert a 8 bit string to a quoted-printable string</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ 
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>string</type><methodname>quoted_printable_encode</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Returns a quoted printable string created according to <link
+   xlink:href="&url.rfc;2045">RFC2045</link>, section 6.7.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   This function is similar to <function>imap_8bit</function>, except this
+   one does not require the IMAP module to work.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>str</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       The input string.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns the encoded string.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>quoted_printable_decode</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
+
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