urldecode Decodes URL-encoded string &reftitle.description; stringurldecode stringstr Decodes any %## encoding in the given string. Plus symbols ('+') are decoded to a space character. &reftitle.parameters; str The string to be decoded. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns the decoded string. &reftitle.examples; \n", urldecode($param[0]), urldecode($param[1])); } } ?> ]]> &reftitle.notes; The superglobals $_GET and $_REQUEST are already decoded. Using urldecode on an element in $_GET or $_REQUEST could have unexpected and dangerous results. &reftitle.seealso; urlencode rawurlencode rawurldecode RFC 3986