URL Decoding in PHP

Question

I am trying to decode this URL string using PHP's urldecode function:

urldecode("Ant%C3%B4nio+Carlos+Jobim"); 

This is supposed to output...

'Antônio Carlos Jobim' 

...but instead is ouptutting this

'Antônio Carlos Jobim' 

I've tested the string in a JS-based online decoder with great success, but can't seem to do this operation server side. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Your string is also UTF-8 encoded. This will work:

echo utf8_decode(urldecode("Ant%C3%B4nio+Carlos+Jobim")); 

Output: "Antônio Carlos Jobim".