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I have a html text. I had encoded it in php using urlencode function. I want to decode that text in the javascript. when i use unescape function in javascript it replaces all the special characters back but sapce is replaced by '+'. how can i do it correctly so that space is replaced as space itself???

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Try using rawurlencode instead - urlencode does some things differently for "historical" reasons.

See http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php for more information.

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tht works for me –  Jasim Jul 9 '09 at 18:19
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PHP rawUrlEncode() == JavaScript encodeURIComponent()

and vice versa

PHP rawUrlDecode() == JavaScript decodeURIComponent()
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be ware that php urlencode is not compatible with javascript so u should use rawUrlEncode instead –  Amir Surnay Oct 28 '13 at 13:42
    
Does not work for the + character! –  coderunner Jan 28 at 9:40
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Try this: 

return decodeURIComponent((str + '').replace(/\+/g, '%20'));

Source: http://phpjs.org/functions/urldecode:572

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I think it should be replace(/\+/g, ' ')) –  gregmatys Sep 27 '13 at 12:46
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Parenthesis are exceptions to all of what is said in this post.

geek mode on :

false

PHP rawUrlEncode() !== JavaScript encodeURIComponent()

but true

PHP rawUrlEncode() == JavaScript encodeURIComponent()

In other words, there are many special characters that aren't treated as safe in rawurlencode when they are in encodeURIComponent.

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