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().