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<refentry xml:id="function.imap-createmailbox" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>imap_createmailbox</refname>
  <refpurpose>Create a new mailbox</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>imap_createmailbox</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>imap_stream</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>mailbox</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Creates a new mailbox specified by <parameter>mailbox</parameter>. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    &imap.imap-stream.description;
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>mailbox</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The mailbox name, see <function>imap_open</function> for more
       information. Names containing international characters should be
       encoded by <function>imap_utf7_encode</function>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>imap_createmailbox</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$mbox = imap_open("{imap.example.org}", "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($mbox, imap_utf7_encode("{imap.example.org}INBOX.$newname"))) {
    $status = @imap_status($mbox, "{imap.example.org}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($mbox, "{imap.example.org}INBOX.$newname", "{imap.example.org}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($mbox, "{imap.example.org}INBOX.$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);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>imap_renamemailbox</function></member>
    <member><function>imap_deletemailbox</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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