urldecode

(PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

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

<?php
$a
= explode('&', $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 />\n";
    
$i++;
}
?>

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