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PHP curl_unescape Function

PHP cURL Reference Manual

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0)

curl_unescape — Decodes a URL-encoded string.


Description

string curl_unescape ( resource $ch , string $str )

Decodes a URL-encoded string.

Note: curl_unescape() does not decode plus symbols (+) into spaces, whereas urldecode() does.


Parameters

ch

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

str

A URL-encoded string.


Return Values

Returns the decoded string or FALSE on failure.


Examples

<?php
// Create a cURL handle
$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/redirect.php');

// Send an HTTP request
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_exec($ch);

// Get the last effective URL
$effective_url = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL);
// ie. "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=M%C3%BCnchen"

// Decode the URL
$effective_url_decoded = curl_unescape($ch, $effective_url);
// "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=München"

// Close the handle
curl_close($ch);
?>

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