rawurldecode in PHP

rawurldecode — Decode URL-encoded strings

Syntax:string rawurldecode ( string $str )

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

Parameters:

str-The URL to be decoded.

Return Values:Returns the decoded URL, as a string.

Example #1 rawurldecode() example
<?php

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

?>

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