mail reading in php with imap - php

Question

i have read the mail in php with imap_fetchbody() and decode it with imap_qprint().
$body = imap_fetchbody($mbox, $no, 1);
$body = imap_qprint($body);
but there is difference between original mail and output mail
Original mail:
Plain Text
This is a testing mail to check
first second third fourth fifth sixth Home
this is yellow background
website: http://bizved.com
testing of quote
Thank you Hiren Manek Bhuved Solutions
output mail
Plain Text
This is a testing mail to check
first second third fourth fifth sixth Home
this is yellow background
website:�http://bizved.com
testing of�quote
Thank you �Hiren Manek Bhuved Solutions
can anybody gives solution?
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I always had the same problem with imaps. I'dont guarantee for anything but you may want to give this a try:
function utf8_imap_header_decode($str)
{
$tmp = imap_mime_header_decode($str);
if (!mb_check_encoding($tmp[0]->text, 'UTF-8'))
return utf8_encode($tmp[0]->text);
return $tmp[0]->text;
}
function utf8_imap_body_decode($str)
{
return utf8_encode(quoted_printable_decode($str));
}

Answer 2

I have make the following solution as mail headers already its character set.
$st = imap_fetchstructure($mbox, $no);
$part = $st->parts[$partno];
$body = imap_fetchbody($mbox, $no, $partno);
$body = imap_qprint($body);
$charset = 'UTF-8';
if(!empty($part->parameters)){
for ($k = 0, $l = count($part->parameters); $k < $l; $k++) {
$attribute = $part->parameters[$k];
if($attribute->attribute == 'CHARSET'){
$charset = $attribute->value;
}
}
}
//echo $charset;
$bodytext = mb_convert_encoding($body,'UTF-8',$charset);
This not full solution. It's only for character encoding. Mail has different parts for plain text, html text, attachments, etc. for that you should have different handling for each type.