# urldecode

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

urldecode — Decodes URL-encoded string

### Description

string urldecode ( string `$str` )

Decodes any %## encoding in the given string.

### Parameters

`str`

  The string to be decoded.

### Return Values

Returns the decoded string.

### Examples

Example#1 urldecode() example

`<?php
$a = explode('&', $QUERY_STRING);
$i = 0;
while ($i < count($a)) {
$b = split('=', $a[$i]);
echo 'Value for parameter ', htmlspecialchars(urldecode($b[0])),
' is ', htmlspecialchars(urldecode($b[1])), "<br />\n";
$i++;
}
?>`

### See Also

- urlencode()
- rawurlencode()
- rawurldecode()