iconv_mime_decode
(PHP 5)
iconv_mime_decode — Decodes a MIME header field
Description
string iconv_mime_decode
( string
$encoded_header
[, int $mode = 0
[, string $charset = ini_get("iconv.internal_encoding")
]] )Decodes a MIME header field.
Parameters
-
encoded_header -
The encoded header, as a string.
-
mode -
modedetermines the behaviour in the event iconv_mime_decode() encounters a malformed MIME header field. You can specify any combination of the following bitmasks.Bitmasks acceptable to iconv_mime_decode() Value Constant Description 1 ICONV_MIME_DECODE_STRICT If set, the given header is decoded in full conformance with the standards defined in » RFC2047. This option is disabled by default because there are a lot of broken mail user agents that don't follow the specification and don't produce correct MIME headers. 2 ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR If set, iconv_mime_decode_headers() attempts to ignore any grammatical errors and continue to process a given header. -
charset -
The optional
charsetparameter specifies the character set to represent the result by. If omitted, iconv.internal_encoding will be used.
Return Values
Returns a decoded MIME field on success,
or FALSE if an error occurs during the decoding.
Examples
Example #1 iconv_mime_decode() example
<?php
// This yields "Subject: Prüfung Prüfung"
echo iconv_mime_decode("Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UHLDvGZ1bmcgUHLDvGZ1bmc=?=",
0, "ISO-8859-1");
?>
See Also
- iconv_mime_decode_headers() - Decodes multiple MIME header fields at once
- mb_decode_mimeheader() - Decode string in MIME header field
- imap_mime_header_decode() - Decode MIME header elements
- imap_base64() - Decode BASE64 encoded text
- imap_qprint() - Convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string
Коментарии
In PHP versions that have imap_mime_decode built in, it's possible to emulate the operation of this function:
<?php
function iconv_mime_decode($str, $mode=0, $charset="UTF-8")
{
$data = imap_mime_header_decode($str);
if (count($data) > 0) {
// because iconv doesn't like the 'default' for charset
$charset = ($data[0]->charset == 'default') ? 'ASCII' : $data[0]->charset;
return(iconv($charset, $charset, $data[0]->text));
}
return("");
}
?>
I've only tried to use this code snippet to decode ISO-2022-JP messages to UTF-8, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work in other cases.
A simple and working solution for latin encoding supports Slovak, Czech, Russian ect.
<?php iconv("utf-8", "windows-1250", $SomeWeirdText); ?>
specially for those who strugle with imap_mime_header_decode
While creating a new webmailer, I had to coop with a lot of mails and only half of them were correct encoded!
Often the text is tagged as ISO but in real its UTF :/
After trying a lot of solutions and combination a found a way which seems to work for all our mails. Maybe its usefull to someone else too.
<?php
function mime_encode($data)
{
$resp = imap_utf8(trim($data));
if(preg_match("/=\?/", $resp))
$resp = iconv_mime_decode($data, ICONV_MIME_DECODE_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR, "ISO-8859-15");
if(json_encode($resp) == 'null')
$resp = utf8_encode($resp);
return $resp;
}
?>