note 73947 deleted from function.imap-open by didou

Note Submitter: dsthomas at gmail dot com 

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In reference to not being able to use $var in the server string:

Because of the way the complex string expansion works, you would have to use a pair of { at the beginning (and if you were doing this for another reason, e.g. an echo, a pair of } at the end).  It's the combination of the { and the $ in the beginning that is causing PHP 4 & 5 to "eat" the first {.  Also, do not forget to end the expansion point with } after the variable name.

<?php
      $svr = 'mail.myserver.com';
      $rs = imap_open("{{$svr}:143}INBOX", 'user_id', 'password');
?>

References:

See the complex string expansion section on http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php