# string.decodeFromURL()

Decodes a string that has been encoded in the URL using the encodeForURL.
this function is deprecated, use function ESAPIDecode('url',...) instead.

```
string.decodeFromURL( )
```

**Returns:** string

*This function does not take any arguments.*

# Examples

```cfml
enc=encodeForURL('https://download.lucee.org/?type=releases');
dump(enc);
dec=enc.decodeFromURL();
dump(dec);
```

# Categories

[Strings](../../../categories/string.md), [Encode/Decode](../../../categories/esapi.md)

# See Also

[DecodeFromURL()](../../functions/decodefromurl.md), [String](../string.md)