urldecode

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Decodes URL-encoded string

string urldecode ( string $str )

Decodes any %## encoding in the given string. Plus symbols ('+') are decoded to a space character.

Parameters:

str

The string to be decoded.

Returns:

Returns the decoded string.

Examples:

urldecode() example

<?php
$query = "my=apples&are=green+and+red";

foreach (explode('&', $query) as $chunk) {
    $param = explode("=", $chunk);

    if ($param) {
        printf("Value for parameter \"%s\" is \"%s\"<br/>\n", urldecode($param[0]), urldecode($param[1]));
    }
}
?>