(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)
Decodes the given URL encoded string
string curl_unescape ( resource $ch, string $str )
This function decodes the given URL encoded string.
Parameters:
ch
A cURL handle returned by curl_init().
str
The URL encoded string to be decoded.
Returns:
Returns decoded string or FALSE
on failure.
Notes:
curl_unescape() does not decode plus symbols (+) into spaces. urldecode() does.
Examples:
curl_escape() example
<?php // Create a curl handle $ch = curl_init('http://example.com/redirect.php'); // Send HTTP request and follow redirections curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); curl_exec($ch); // Get the last effective URL $effective_url = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL); // ie. "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=M%C3%BCnchen" // Decode the URL $effective_url_decoded = curl_unescape($ch, $effective_url); // "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=München" // Close the handle curl_close($ch); ?>
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