PHP | urldecode() Function

The urldecode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to decode url which is encoded by encoded() function.
Syntax:

string urldecode( $input )

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $input which holds the url to be decoded.

Return Value: This function returns the decoded string on success.

Below programs illustrate the urldecode() function in PHP:
Program 1:

<?php 

// PHP program to illustrate urldecode function 

// all sub domain  of geeksforgeeks 

echo urldecode("https%3A%2F%2Fide.geeksforgeeks.org%2F"). "\n"; 

echo urldecode("https%3A%2F%2Fpractice.geeksforgeeks.org%2F"). "\n"; 

echo urldecode("https%3A%2F%2Fgeeksforgeeks.org%2F"). "\n"; 
?>

Output:

https://ide.geeksforgeeks.org/
https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/
https://geeksforgeeks.org/

Program 2 :

<?php 

// all sub domain  of geeksforgeeks 

$url1 = "https%3A%2F%2Fide.geeksforgeeks.org%2F"; 

$url2 = "https%3A%2F%2Fpractice.geeksforgeeks.org%2F"; 

$url3 = "https%3A%2F%2Fgeeksforgeeks.org%2F"; 

// create an array  

$query = array($url1, $url2, $url3); 

// print decoded url 

foreach ($query as $chunk) { 

        printf(urldecode($chunk). "\n"); 

    } 
?>

Output:

https://ide.geeksforgeeks.org/
https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/
https://geeksforgeeks.org/

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.urldecode.php

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