# imap_createmailbox

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

imap_createmailbox — Create a new mailbox

### 说明

imap_createmailbox(IMAP\Connection `$imap`, string `$mailbox`): bool

Creates a new mailbox specified by `mailbox`.

### 参数

`imap`

  IMAP\Connection 实例。

`mailbox`

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

  警告

  Passing untrusted data to this parameter is insecure, unless imap.enable_insecure_rsh is disabled.

### 返回值

成功时返回 `true`， 或者在失败时返回 `false`。

### 更新日志

版本 | 说明
--- | ---
8.1.0 | 现在 `imap` 参数接受 IMAP\Connection 实例，之前接受有效的 `imap` resource。

### 示例

示例 #1 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);
?>`

### 参见

- imap_renamemailbox() - Rename an old mailbox to new mailbox
- imap_deletemailbox() - Delete a mailbox

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