"Unserialize" this string : %C3%A9%C3%A0%C3%A9%C3%A0

Question

I have a really annoying problem:

I had a string éàéà which I passed in the serialize function. It gave me the string %C3%A9%C3%A0%C3%A9%C3%A0.

How can I come back (either in JS or PHP) to éàéà to save the string properly in my MySQL UTF-8 encoded database?

thanks in advance,

Probably with AJAX back to the server, or even in a local database, as supported by most of the latest browsers. — d11wtq, Dec 03 '10 at 06:39

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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It's been URL-encoded. You just need to URL-decode it.

See also:

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Nov 03 '10 at 18:29

Matt Ball

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Daniel DiPaolo · Answer 2 · 2010-11-03T18:37:20.963

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Javascript's native decodeURI function or the related decodeURIComponent function should do it. W3Schools has some example code for decodeURI and for decodeURIComponent. If you're decoding only stuff generated by jQuery's serialize function, then the latter is probably more appropriate but if you are decoding an entire URI, then the former would be more appropriate.

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answered Nov 03 '10 at 18:29

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ok, thanks, here is the PHP code which do the job: utf8_decode(urldecode($v)), – Richard Nov 03 '10 at 18:37
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Yeah, that PHP code for it is referenced in Matt Ball's answer so he deserves a +1! – Daniel DiPaolo Nov 03 '10 at 18:39

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 03 '10 at 18:32

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Looks URL encoded, to me.

In javascript:

decodeURIComponent("%C3%A9%C3%A0%C3%A9%C3%A0");

answered Nov 03 '10 at 18:32

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"Unserialize" this string : %C3%A9%C3%A0%C3%A9%C3%A0

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