<?php

$mbox = imap_open("{your.imap.host}", "username", "password", OP_HALFOPEN)

or die("can't connect: " . imap_last_error());

$name1 = "phpnewbox";

$name2 = imap_utf7_encode("phpnewb&ouml;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 finaly remove it to restore

// your inbox to its initial state

if (@imap_createmailbox($mbox, imap_utf7_encode("{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname"))){

$status = @imap_status($mbox, "{your.imap.host}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($mbox, "{your.imap.host}INBOX.$newname", "{your.imap.host}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($mbox, "{your.imap.host}INBOX.$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);

?>