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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
    $a = split ('&', $querystring);
    $i = 0;
    while ($i < count ($a)) {
      $b = split ('=', $a [$i]);
      echo 'Value for parameter ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [0])),
           ' is ', htmlspecialchars (urldecode ($b [1])), "<BR>";
      $i++;
    }

See also urlencode()

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