text: Q:
  
  Convert '%23' to '#' in PHP
  
  URL: example.com/search:#searchWord
  Since the # is not send to the server, it is changed to %23.
  In the search page I want to display
  Results for: #searchWord
  But what I get is %23searchWord. I tried htmlspecialchars(), but nothing happens.
  
  A:
  
  To achieve your goal use urldecode.
  
  