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<refentry xml:id="function.imap-utf7-decode" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>imap_utf7_decode</refname>
  <refpurpose>Decodes a modified UTF-7 encoded string</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>imap_utf7_decode</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>text</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Decodes modified UTF-7 <parameter>text</parameter> into ISO-8859-1 string.
  </para>
  <para>
   This function is needed to decode mailbox names that contain certain
   characters which are not in range of printable ASCII characters.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>text</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A modified UTF-7 encoding string, as defined in <link 
       xlink:href="&url.rfc;2060">RFC 2060</link>, section 5.1.3 (original UTF-7
       was defined in <link xlink:href="&url.rfc;1642">RFC1642</link>).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a string that is encoded in ISO-8859-1 and consists of the same
   sequence of characters in <parameter>text</parameter>, or &false;
   if <parameter>text</parameter> contains invalid modified UTF-7 sequence
   or <parameter>text</parameter> contains a character that is not part of
   ISO-8859-1 character set.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>imap_utf7_encode</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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