How can a PHP developer handle the error "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imap_open()" when the necessary settings are not activated by the web hosting provider?

The error "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imap_open()" occurs when the IMAP extension is not enabled on the server. To resolve this issue, you can try to enable the IMAP extension in the PHP configuration file (php.ini) if you have access to it. If you don't have access to the php.ini file, you can contact your web hosting provider to enable the IMAP extension for you. 

// Check if the IMAP extension is loaded
if (!extension_loaded('imap')) {
    // Attempt to load the IMAP extension
    if (!dl('imap.so')) {
        // Handle the error if the extension cannot be loaded
        die('IMAP extension not available.');
    }
}

// Now you can use the imap_open() function
$mailbox = imap_open('{imap.example.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', 'username', 'password');

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