imap_rename
Don't forget that you can't be connected to the mailbox that you are going to rename (or delete).
If you have the following mailboxes:
INBOX
INBOX.Foo
...and want to rename "INBOX.Foo" to "INBOX.Bar" you have to be connected to "INBOX":
<?php
$mbox = imap_open('{imap.example.com}INBOX', 'username', 'password');
imap_renamemailbox($mbox, '{imap.example.com}INBOX.Foo', '{imap.example.com}INBOX.Bar');
imap_close($mbox);
?>
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 $new_mbox
)
This function renames on old mailbox to new mailbox (see
imap_open() for the format of
mbox names).
Parameters
-
imap_stream -
An IMAP stream returned by imap_open().
-
old_mbox -
The old mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information
-
new_mbox -
The new mailbox name, see imap_open() for more information
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
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User Contributed Notes
imap_renamemailbox - [2 notes]
Christoffer Lindahl ¶
2 years ago
josh at paducahwebpublishing dot com ¶
13 years ago
Don't let "...string old_mbox, string new_mbox);" fool you. You have to add the server and port to the mailbox name also. So it would be something like:
imap_renamemailbox($mailbox, "{localhost:143}$oldfolder", "{localhost:143}$newfolder")
Just thought I would point it out, it took me a while to figure it out.