Convert accented UTF8 codes to characters using PHP

Question

How can i convert string like this

%C4%BE%C5%A1%C4%8D%C5%A5%C5%BE-%C3%BD%C3%A1%C3%AD%C3%A9

to this:

ľščťž-ýáíé

using PHP ?

Answer 1

Just use urldecode() function in php. Use the code below

<?php
$string = "%C4%BE%C5%A1%C4%8D%C5%A5%C5%BE-%C3%BD%C3%A1%C3%AD%C3%A9";
echo urldecode($string); // Outputs ľščťž-ýáíé
?>

Hope this helps you

Answer 2

Just use urldecode() function, because you have url encoded string.

$encoded = '%C4%BE%C5%A1%C4%8D%C5%A5%C5%BE-%C3%BD%C3%A1%C3%AD%C3%A9';
$decoded = urldecode($encoded);
echo $decoded;

outputs:

ľščťž-ýáíé