This function initializes an authentication session using the supported
methods. These are, in order of preference: Digest-MD5,CRAMMD5,LOGIN,
and PLAIN.
Paramètres
string
$uid
The userid to authenticate as.
string
$pwd
The password to authenticate with.
string
$method
The requested authentication method.If none is specified,
the best supported method will be used.
Valeur retournée
returns Returns a PEAR_Error with an error message on any
kind of failure, or true on success.
Valeurs renvoyées
throws no exceptions thrown
Note
Cette fonction ne peut pas être appelée de façon statique.