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# urldecode

urldecode -- Decodes URL-encoded string

## Description

`string urldecode`(string str);

Decodes any `%`##`` encoding in the given string. The decoded string is returned.

Example 1. Urldecode() example

      1
      2 $a = split ('&', $querystring);
      3 $i = 0;
      4 while ($i < count ($a)) {
      5     $b = split ('=', $a [$i]);
      6     echo 'Value for parameter ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [0])),
      7          ' is ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [1])), "<BR>";
      8     $i++;
      9 }
     10

See also urlencode().

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