# imap_renamemailbox

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_renamemailbox — Rename an old mailbox to new mailbox

### Description

bool imap_renamemailbox ( resource `$imap_stream` , string `$old_mbox` , string `$new_mbox` )

This function renames on old mailbox to new mailbox (see imap_open() for the format of `mbox` names).

### Parameters

`imap_stream`

  An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().

`old_mbox`

  The old mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information

`new_mbox`

  The new mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### See Also

- imap_createmailbox()
- imap_deletemailbox()