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Text.DecodeFromURL
Decode an URL string.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Text | 2.6 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "Text.DecodeFromURL"; Text { ; Encoding } ) More
(old name: String.DecodeFromURL)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | The text to process. | "Hello+%C3%B6%C3%A4%C3%BC" | |
| Encoding | The text encoding for result. Default is native. This function can also handle UTF-16 as well as UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE for little/big endian byte order. Possible encoding names: ANSI, ISO-8859-1, Latin1, Mac, Native, UTF-8, DOS, Hex, Base64 or Windows. More listed in the FAQ. |
"UTF-8" | Optional |
Result
Returns decoded text.
Description
Decode an URL string.This function should work the same as PHP's urldecode function.
Examples
Decode URL as UTF-8:
MBS( "Text.DecodeFromURL"; "Hello+World"; "utf8" )
Example result: Hello World
Encode and Decode with umlauts and UTF-8:
$v = "Hello öäü"
$e = MBS( "Text.EncodeToURL"; "$v; "utf8" )
# e has now value "Hello+%C3%B6%C3%A4%C3%BC"
$d = MBS( "Text.DecodeFromURL"; $e; "utf8" )
# d has now value "Hello öäü"
Decode emojis:
MBS( "Text.DecodeFromURL"; "%F0%9F%8D%8E+%F0%9F%8D%93+%F0%9F%8D%92"; "UTF-8" )
Example result: 🍎 🍓 🍒
See also
Blog Entries
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 31st January 2023
