iconv_mime_decode
Decodes a MIME
header field
Description
stringfalse iconv_mime_decode(string $string
, int $mode
= 0, stringnull $encoding
= null
)
Parameters
-
string
-
The encoded header, as a string.
-
mode
-
mode
determines the behaviour in the event
iconv_mime_decode encounters a malformed
MIME
header field. You can specify any combination
of the following bitmasks.
Bitmasks acceptable to iconv_mime_decode
Value |
Constant |
Description |
1 |
ICONV_MIME_DECODE_STRICT |
If set, the given header is decoded in full conformance with the
standards defined in » RFC2047.
This option is disabled by default because there are a lot of
broken mail user agents that don't follow the specification and don't
produce correct MIME headers.
|
2 |
ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR |
If set, iconv_mime_decode_headers
attempts to ignore any grammatical errors and continue to process
a given header.
|
-
encoding
-
The optional encoding
parameter specifies the
character set to represent the result by. If omitted or null
,
iconv.internal_encoding
will be used.
Return Values
Returns a decoded MIME
field on success,
or false
if an error occurs during the decoding.
Examples
Example #1 iconv_mime_decode example
<?php
// This yields "Subject: Prüfung Prüfung"
echo iconv_mime_decode("Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UHLDvGZ1bmcgUHLDvGZ1bmc=?=",
0, "ISO-8859-1");
?>
See Also
- iconv_mime_decode_headers
- mb_decode_mimeheader
- imap_mime_header_decode
- imap_base64
- imap_qprint