What is the equivalent of JavaScript's decodeURIcomponent in PHP?

Question

I have a string with unicode characters that I am transferring via HTTP. This string was encoded with Javascript\'s encodeURIcomponent(). Is there an equivalent fu

Answer 1

rawurldecode() which does not decode plus to space charactor

Answer 2

urldecode()

However you do not need to use it on $_REQUEST variables, which are already decoded automatically.