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  <refentry id="function.urldecode">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>urldecode</refname>
    <refpurpose>Decodes URL-encoded string</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>urldecode</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Decodes any <literal>%<replaceable>##</replaceable></literal>
     encoding in the given string.  The decoded string is returned.
     <example>
      <title><function>urldecode</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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++;
}
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>urlencode</function>,
     <function>rawurlencode</function> and
     <function>rawurldecode</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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