How to decode the url in php where url is encoded with encodeURIComponent()

Question

How to decode the url in php where url is encoded with encodeURIComponent()?

I have tried the urldecode() but then also..i don't the url which i have encoded...

I have to do this in php..

Solution 1

You should use rawurldecode().
See the Manual

Solution 2

you can use this function:

<?php
$string = 'http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com';
$output = preg_replace("/%u([0-9a-f]{3,4})/i","&#x\\1;",urldecode($string)); 
echo html_entity_decode($output,null,'UTF-8');
?>

output will be : http://example.com