urldecode

(PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0b1)

urldecode -- Decodes URL-encoded string

Description

string urldecode (string str)

Decodes any %## encoding in the given string. The decoded string is returned.

Example 1. urldecode() example


$a = split ('&', $QUERY_STRING);
$i = 0;
while ($i < count ($a)) {
    $b = split ('=', $a [$i]);
    echo 'Value for parameter ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [0])),
         ' is ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [1])), "<BR>";
    $i++;
}
      

See also urlencode(), rawurlencode(), rawurldecode().