function mime_header_encode
Encodes MIME/HTTP header values that contain incorrectly encoded characters.
For example, mime_header_encode('tést.txt') returns "=?UTF-8?B?dMOpc3QudHh0?=".
See http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2047.txt for more information.
Notes:
- Only encode strings that contain non-ASCII characters.
- We progressively cut-off a chunk with truncate_utf8(). This is to ensure each chunk starts and ends on a character boundary.
- Using \n as the chunk separator may cause problems on some systems and may have to be changed to \r\n or \r.
Parameters
$string: The header to encode.
Return value
string The mime-encoded header.
See also
4 calls to mime_header_encode()
- DefaultMailSystem::mail in modules/system/ system.mail.inc 
- Send an e-mail message, using Drupal variables and default settings.
- drupal_mail_format_display_name in includes/mail.inc 
- Return a RFC-2822 compliant "display-name" component.
- file_get_content_headers in includes/file.inc 
- Examines a file object and returns appropriate content headers for download.
- file_module_test_file_download in modules/file/ tests/ file_module_test.module 
- Implements hook_file_download().
File
- 
              includes/unicode.inc, line 389 
Code
function mime_header_encode($string) {
  if (preg_match('/[^\\x20-\\x7E]/', $string)) {
    $chunk_size = 47;
    // floor((75 - strlen("=?UTF-8?B??=")) * 0.75);
    $len = strlen($string);
    $output = '';
    while ($len > 0) {
      $chunk = drupal_truncate_bytes($string, $chunk_size);
      $output .= ' =?UTF-8?B?' . base64_encode($chunk) . "?=\n";
      $c = strlen($chunk);
      $string = substr($string, $c);
      $len -= $c;
    }
    return trim($output);
  }
  return $string;
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