Converting unfamiliar url encoding

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I'm using an api that's sending me url encoding like this:

https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fdocs.rightsignature.com%2Fassets%2...etc...

I can obviously see that %3A is likely : and %2F is / so that %3A%2F%2F resolves to ://.

My question is, how can I convert these in PHP. I am just not sure what to search for. Is there a function to convert these urls in PHP?

Maybe something like urldecode($thing).

why don't you try that? it'd take about 5 seconds to type it into a php shell. — Marc B, Aug 24 '15 at 17:06
most php functions are named after their function (aka "what does this function do"), or very similarly to their function... — Marc B, Aug 24 '15 at 17:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '15 at 17:07

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You can use rawurldecode() for this.

echo rawurldecode("https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fdocs.rightsignature.com%2Fassets%2F"); // outputs https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.rightsignature.com/assets/

answered Aug 24 '15 at 17:07

Tim

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '15 at 17:08

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Use urldecode($thing). It does work.

urldecode("https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fdocs.rightsignature.com%2Fassets..."); 
// https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.rightsignature.com/assets...

answered Aug 24 '15 at 17:08

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Converting unfamiliar url encoding

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