# imap_utf7_encode

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imap_utf7_encode — Converts ISO-8859-1 string to modified UTF-7 text

### Description

string imap_utf7_encode ( string `$data` )

Converts `data` to modified UTF-7 text.

This is needed to encode mailbox names that contain certain characters which are not in range of printable ASCII characters.

### Parameters

`data`

  An ISO-8859-1 string.

### Return Values

Returns `data` encoded with the modified UTF-7 encoding as defined in » RFC 2060, section 5.1.3 (original UTF-7 was defined in » RFC1642).

### See Also

- imap_utf7_decode()