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<h1 class="refname">curl_unescape</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">curl_unescape</span> — <span class="dc-title">Decodes the given URL encoded string</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.curl-unescape-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>curl_unescape</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$ch</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$str</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function decodes the given URL encoded string.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.curl-unescape-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">ch</code></em>
</span><dd>
<p class="para">A cURL handle returned by
<span class="function"><a href="function.curl-init.html" class="function">curl_init()</a></span>.</p></dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">str</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The URL encoded string to be decoded.
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</dt>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.curl-unescape-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns decoded string or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.curl-unescape-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-4231">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-escape.html" class="function">curl_escape()</a></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Create a curl handle<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_init</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://example.com/redirect.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Send HTTP request and follow redirections<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_setopt</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Get the last effective URL<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$effective_url </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_getinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// ie. "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=M%C3%BCnchen"<br /><br />// Decode the URL<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$effective_url_decoded </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_unescape</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$effective_url</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// "http://example.com/show_location.php?loc=München"<br /><br />// Close the handle<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">curl_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ch</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.curl-unescape-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
<span class="function"><strong>curl_unescape()</strong></span> does not decode plus symbols (+) into spaces. <span class="function"><a href="function.urldecode.html" class="function">urldecode()</a></span> does.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.curl-unescape-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.curl-escape.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">curl_escape()</a> - URL encodes the given string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.urlencode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">urlencode()</a> - URL-encodes string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.urldecode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">urldecode()</a> - Decodes URL-encoded string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.rawurlencode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">rawurlencode()</a> - URL-encode according to RFC 3986</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.rawurldecode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">rawurldecode()</a> - Decode URL-encoded strings</span></li>
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