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curl_unescape
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)
curl_unescape — Decodes the given URL encoded string
Description
curl_unescape
( CurlHandle $handle
, string $string
) : string|false
This function decodes the given URL encoded string.
Parameters
handle
- A cURL handle returned by curl_init().
string
- The URL encoded string to be decoded.
Return Values
Returns decoded string or FALSE
on failure.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.0.0 | handle expects a CurlHandle
instance now; previously, a resource was expected. |
Examples
Example #1 curl_escape() example
<?php// Create a curl handle$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/redirect.php');// Send HTTP request and follow redirectionscurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);curl_exec($ch);// Get the last effective URL$effective_url = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL);// ie. "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=M%C3%BCnchen%22// Decode the URL$effective_url_decoded = curl_unescape($ch, $effective_url);// "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=München%22// Close the handlecurl_close($ch);?>
Notes
Note:
curl_unescape() does not decode plus symbols (+) into spaces. urldecode() does.
See Also
- curl_escape() - URL encodes the given string
- urlencode() - URL-encodes string
- urldecode() - Decodes URL-encoded string
- rawurlencode() - URL-encode according to RFC 3986
- rawurldecode() - Decode URL-encoded strings