Decodes the given URL encoded string

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# curl_unescape

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)

curl_unescape — Decodes the given URL encoded string

### Description

string curl_unescape ( resource `$ch` , string `$str` )

This function decodes the given URL encoded string.

### Parameters

`ch`

  A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

`str`

  The URL encoded string to be decoded.

### Return Values

Returns decoded string or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 curl_escape() example

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

### Notes

> Note:

> curl_unescape() does not decode plus symbols (+) into spaces. urldecode() does.

### See Also

- curl_escape() - URL encodes the given string
- urlencode() - URL-encodes string
- urldecode() - Decodes URL-encoded string
- rawurlencode() - URL-encode according to RFC 3986
- rawurldecode() - Decode URL-encoded strings

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