Decodes URL-encoded string (original) (raw)

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)asquery) as query)aschunk) { param=explode("=",param = explode("=", param=explode("=",chunk);

if (

$param) {
printf("Value for parameter "%s" is "%s"
\n", urldecode($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.