how to decode URL-encoding character (string and array) in php?

Question

I want to fix this issue:

this is a select list

this is a list of my wordpress category but it language is Persian and show like this!

I've convert all php files into UTF8 encoding but didn't work.

how can fix?

JohnSP · Answer 1 · 2014-02-06 18:38:00Z

ha ha :) I've find solution.

Just decode the URL format with this function: urlencode ( string )

but my issue is not string it is array with changing count.

I fixed with this code:

$count=count($blog_categories);
for ($x=0;$x<$count;$x++){
$blog_categories[$x] = urldecode($blog_categories[$x]);}

comment: $blog_categories is my array. this array returns category in wordpress.

and result:

enter image description here

I hope My experience can help you someday!

good luck :)

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