What are common issues encountered when trying to access IMAP mailboxes using PHP scripts?

Common issues when trying to access IMAP mailboxes using PHP scripts include authentication errors, connection timeouts, and incorrect folder paths. To solve these issues, ensure that the correct IMAP server, username, password, and folder paths are used in the script. 

<?php

$hostname = 'imap.example.com';
$username = 'user@example.com';
$password = 'password';
$mailbox = '{' . $hostname . ':993/imap/ssl}INBOX';

$inbox = imap_open($mailbox, $username, $password);

if (!$inbox) {
    die('Cannot connect to mailbox: ' . imap_last_error());
}

// Access mailbox here

imap_close($inbox);

?>

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IMAP PHP scripts authentication connection error handling

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