Decode URL-encoded strings
Syntax
rawurldecode ( string $str ) : string
Parameters
str
The URL to be decoded.
Return
Returns the decoded URL, as a string.
Examples
1
<? $str = "-_.~0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; $return = rawurldecode($str); echo $return; ?>
-_.~0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
2
<? $str = "%20%21%40%23%24%25%5E%26%2A%28%29%2B%3D%7B%5B%7D%5D%7C%5C%3A%3B%22%27%3C%2C%3E%3F%2F"; $return = rawurldecode($str); echo $return; ?>
!@#$%^&*()+={[}]|\:;"'<,>?/
3
<? $str = "decode%20non-alphanumeric"; $return = rawurldecode($str); echo '<a href="https://domain.com/path?var=' . $str . '">' . $return . '</a>'; ?>
<a href="https://domain.com/path?var=decode%20non-alphanumeric">decode non-alphanumeric</a>
