php man page for rawurldecode

RAWURLDECODE(3) 							 1							   RAWURLDECODE(3)

rawurldecode - Decode URL-encoded strings

SYNOPSIS
       string rawurldecode (string  $str)

DESCRIPTION
	Returns a string in which the sequences with percent ( %) signs followed by two hex digits have been replaced with literal characters.

PARAMETERS
	      o $str
		- The URL to be decoded.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the decoded URL, as a string.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      rawurldecode(3) example

	      <?php

	      echo rawurldecode('foo%20bar%40baz'); // foo bar@baz

	      ?>

NOTES
       Note

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

SEE ALSO
       rawurlencode(3), urldecode(3), urlencode(3), RFC 3986.

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