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rawurlencode	urlencode

	Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

urldecode

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

urldecode — Decodes URL-encoded string

Description

string urldecode ( string $str )

Decodes any %## encoding in the given string.

Parameters

str: The string to be decoded.

Return Values

Returns the decoded string.

Examples

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++;

}

?>

urldecode

Description

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