rawurldecode

(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() - URL-encode according to RFC 1738
• urldecode() - Decodes URL-encoded string
• urlencode() - URL-encodes string