Php/docs/function.urldecode

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urldecode

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

urldecode — Decodes URL-encoded string

Description

urldecode ( string $str ) : string

Decodes any %## encoding in the given string. Plus symbols ('+') are decoded to a space character.

Parameters

str

The string to be decoded.

Return Values

Returns the decoded string.

Examples

Example #1 urldecode() example

<?php$query = "my=apples&are=green+and+red";foreach (explode('&', $query) as $chunk) {    $param = explode("=", $chunk);    if ($param) {        printf("Value for parameter \"%s\" is \"%s\"<br/>\n", urldecode($param[0]), urldecode($param[1]));    }}?>

Notes

Warning The superglobals $_GET and $_REQUEST are already decoded. Using urldecode() on an element in $_GET or $_REQUEST could have unexpected and dangerous results.

See Also

• urlencode() - URL-encodes string
• rawurlencode() - URL-encode according to RFC 3986
• rawurldecode() - Decode URL-encoded strings
• » RFC 3986