urldecode

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

$a = split ('&', $querystring);
$i = 0;
while ($i < count ($a)) {
  $b = split ('=', $a [$i]);
  echo 'Value for parameter ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [0])),
       ' is ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [1])), "<BR>";
  $i++;
}

See also urlencode()