imap_errors

<?php
$imap = imap_open("{localhost}INBOX","graeme","inferno");

$mailbox = "test_mailbox";

// create the mailbox
imap_createmailbox($imap,"{localhost}$mailbox");

// try and create it again
imap_createmailbox($imap,"{localhost}$mailbox");

// try and delete a non-existant mailbox
imap_deletemailbox($imap,"{localhost}wrong_mailbox");

$errors = imap_errors();
for ($i=0; $i<count($errors); $i++) {
   echo "$errors[$i] <BR>\n";
}

imap_close($imap);
?>

Output:
CREATE failed: Can't create mailbox node /home/graeme/test_mailbox: File exists 
DELETE failed: Can't delete mailbox wrong_mailbox: no such mailbox

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