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CURL_UNESCAPE(3)							 1							  CURL_UNESCAPE(3)

curl_unescape - Decodes the given URL encoded string

SYNOPSIS
       string curl_unescape (resource  $ch, string  $str)

DESCRIPTION
	This function decodes the given URL encoded string.

PARAMETERS
	      o $ch
		-A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3).

	      o $str
		- The URL encoded string to be decoded.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns decoded string or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      curl_escape(3) 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=Munchen"

	      // Close the handle
	      curl_close($ch);
	      ?>

NOTES
       Note

	      curl_unescape(3) does not decode plus symbols (+) into spaces. urldecode(3) does.

SEE ALSO
       curl_escape(3), urlencode(3), urldecode(3), rawurlencode(3), rawurldecode(3).

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