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URL Functions	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

rawurldecode

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

rawurldecode — Decode URL-encoded strings

Description

function rawurldecode(string $string): string

Returns a string in which the sequences with percent (%) signs followed by two hex digits have been replaced with literal characters.

Parameters

string: The URL to be decoded.

Return Values

Returns the decoded URL, as a string.

Examples

Example #1 rawurldecode() example

<?php

echo rawurldecode('foo%20bar%40baz'); // foo bar@baz

?>

Notes

Note:
rawurldecode() does not decode plus symbols ('+') into spaces. urldecode() does.

See Also

rawurlencode() - URL-encode according to RFC 3986
urldecode() - Decodes URL-encoded string
urlencode() - URL-encodes string
» RFC 3986

parse_url	rawurlencode

URL Functions	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026