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# imap_utf7_decode

(3.0.15 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

imap_utf7_decode -- Decodes a modified UTF-7 encoded string.

## Description

``string imap_utf7_decode` (string text)`

Decodes modified UTF-7 `text` into 8bit data.

Returns the decoded 8bit data, or `FALSE` if the input string was not valid modified UTF-7. This function is needed to decode mailbox names that contain international characters outside of the printable ASCII range. The modified UTF-7 encoding is defined in RFC 2060, section 5.1.3 (original UTF-7 was defned in RFC1642).

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