# rawurldecode

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

rawurldecode — Decode URL-encoded strings

### Description

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.

### Examples

Example#1 rawurldecode() example

`<?php
echo rawurldecode('foo%20bar%40baz'); // foo bar@baz
?>`

### Notes

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

### See Also

- rawurlencode()
- urldecode()
- urlencode()