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DecodeFromURL

 

Description

Decodes an encoded HTML URL string.

Returns

Decoded HTML URL string.

Category

Display and formatting functions.

Function syntax

DecodeFromURL(string)
DecodeFromURL(string)
DecodeFromURL(string)

See also

Canonicalize,EncodeForHTMLAttributeEncodeForJavaScriptEncodeForCSSEncodeForURL

History

ColdFusion (2018 release): Renamed parameter inputString to string.

ColdFusion 10: Added this function.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

string

Required. The encoded URL string to decode.

Example

<cfset string = "http://www.adobe.com/">
<cfset urlencoded = encodeforURL(string)>
<cfset urldecoded = decodefromUrl(urlEncoded)>
<cfoutput>
String: #string# <br/>
URL Encoded: #urlencoded#<br/>
URL Decoded: #urldecoded#<br/>
</cfoutput>
<cfset string = "http://www.adobe.com/"> <cfset urlencoded = encodeforURL(string)> <cfset urldecoded = decodefromUrl(urlEncoded)> <cfoutput> String: #string# <br/> URL Encoded: #urlencoded#<br/> URL Decoded: #urldecoded#<br/> </cfoutput>
<cfset string = "http://www.adobe.com/"> 
<cfset urlencoded = encodeforURL(string)> 
<cfset urldecoded = decodefromUrl(urlEncoded)> 
<cfoutput> 
String: #string# <br/> 
URL Encoded: #urlencoded#<br/> 
URL Decoded: #urldecoded#<br/> 
</cfoutput>

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