php-doc-en/reference/url/functions/base64-decode.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="function.base64-decode">
<refnamediv>
<refname>base64_decode</refname>
<refpurpose>Decodes data encoded with MIME base64</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>base64_decode</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>encoded_data</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>base64_decode</function> decodes
<parameter>encoded_data</parameter> and returns the original
data or &false; on failure. The returned data may be binary.
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title><function>base64_decode</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$str = 'VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBlbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==';
echo base64_decode($str);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
This example will produce:
</para>
<screen>
<![CDATA[
This is an encoded string
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
See also <function>base64_encode</function> and
<ulink url="&url.rfc;2045">RFC 2045</ulink> section 6.8.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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