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<div id="function.imap-deletemailbox" class="refentry">
 <div class="refnamediv">
  <h1 class="refname">imap_deletemailbox</h1>
  <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">imap_deletemailbox</span> &mdash; <span class="dc-title">Delete a mailbox</span></p>

 </div>
 <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.imap-deletemailbox-description">
  <h3 class="title">Description</h3>
  <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
   <span class="methodname"><strong>imap_deletemailbox</strong></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.imap-connection.php" class="type IMAP\Connection">IMAP\Connection</a></span> <code class="parameter">$imap</code></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.php" class="type string">string</a></span> <code class="parameter">$mailbox</code></span>): <span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.php" class="type bool">bool</a></span></div>

  <p class="para rdfs-comment">
   Deletes the specified <code class="parameter">mailbox</code>.
  </p>
 </div>

 <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.imap-deletemailbox-parameters">
  <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <dl>
    <dt>
<code class="parameter">imap</code></dt><dd><p class="para">An <span class="classname"><a href="class.imap-connection.php" class="classname">IMAP\Connection</a></span> instance.</p></dd>
    
     <dt><code class="parameter">mailbox</code></dt>
     <dd>
      <p class="para">
       The mailbox name, see <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-open.php" class="function">imap_open()</a></span> for more
       information
      </p>
      <div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">
Passing untrusted data to this parameter is <em>insecure</em>, unless
<a href="imap.configuration.php#ini.imap.enable-insecure-rsh" class="link">imap.enable_insecure_rsh</a> is disabled.
</p></div>
     </dd>
    
   </dl>
  </p>
 </div>

 <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.imap-deletemailbox-returnvalues">
  <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
  <p class="para">
   Returns <strong><code><a href="reserved.constants.php#constant.true">true</a></code></strong> on success or <strong><code><a href="reserved.constants.php#constant.false">false</a></code></strong> on failure.
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.imap-deletemailbox-changelog">
  <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
  <table class="doctable informaltable">
   
    <thead>
     <tr>
      <th>Version</th>
      <th>Description</th>
     </tr>

    </thead>

    <tbody class="tbody">
     <tr>
 <td>8.1.0</td>
 <td>
  The <code class="parameter">imap</code> parameter expects an <span class="classname"><a href="class.imap-connection.php" class="classname">IMAP\Connection</a></span>
  instance now; previously, a valid <code class="literal">imap</code> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.php" class="type resource">resource</a></span> was expected.
 </td>
</tr>

    </tbody>
   
  </table>

 </div>

 
 <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.imap-deletemailbox-seealso">
  <h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <ul class="simplelist">
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.imap-createmailbox.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_createmailbox()</a> - Create a new mailbox</span></li>
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.imap-renamemailbox.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_renamemailbox()</a> - Rename an old mailbox to new mailbox</span></li>
    <li>
     <span class="function"><a href="function.imap-open.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">imap_open()</a> - Open an IMAP stream to a mailbox</span> for the format of
     <code class="parameter">mbox</code>
    </li>
   </ul>
  </p>
 </div>

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