Process percent-encoded string with special characters in PHP

Question

I got an string like:

M%C3%B2nica

So I need to get something like "Mònica".

Which is the best way in PHP?

Answer 1

echo rawurldecode ('M%C3%B2nica'); // prints Mónica

You can either use urldecode() or rawurldecode(), but in your case it probably doesn't make a difference. (read more on this here: urlencode vs rawurlencode?)