rawurldecode

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

rawurldecode -- Decode URL-encoded strings

Description

string rawurldecode ( string str )

Returns a string in which the sequences with percent (%) signs followed by two hex digits have been replaced with literal characters.

Parameters

str

The URL to be decoded.

Return Values

Returns the decoded URL, as a string.

Examples

Example 1. rawurldecode() example

<?php

echo rawurldecode('foo%20bar%40baz'); // foo bar@baz

?>

Notes

Note: rawurldecode() does not decode plus symbols ('+') into spaces. urldecode() does.

See Also

rawurlencode()
urldecode()
urlencode()