imap_createmailbox

Create a new mailbox

&reftitle.description; `bool` `imap_createmailbox` `resource` `imap_stream` `string` `mailbox`

Creates a new mailbox specified by `mailbox`.

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&imap.imap-stream.description;

`mailbox`

- The mailbox name, see `imap_open` for more information. Names containing international characters should be encoded by `imap_utf7_encode`

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### `imap_createmailbox` example

    <?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("phpnewböx"); // phpnewb&w7Y-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 finally 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);
    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `imap_renamemailbox`
- `imap_deletemailbox`