PHP curl_unescape function

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0)

curl_unescape — Decode URL-encoded strings.

illustrate

 string curl_unescape ( resource $ch , string $str )

Decode a URL-encoded string.

Note: curl_unescape() cannot decode the plus sign (+) into a space, urldecode() can.

parameter

ch

The cURL handle returned by curl_init().

str

URL encoded string

return value

Returns the decoded string or FALSE on failure.

Example

 <?php// Create a curl handle $ch = curl_init('http://example.com/redirect.php');// Send HTTP request curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); curl_exec($ch); // Get the last valid URL $effective_url = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL); // ie. "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=M%C3%BCnchen"// Decode URL$effective_url_decoded = curl_unescape($ch, $effective_url);// "http://example.com/ show_location.php?loc=München"// Close the handle curl_close($ch);?>