DELIMITER $$ DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS `url_decode` $$ CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`%` FUNCTION `url_decode`(original_text TEXT) RETURNS TEXT CHARSET utf8 BEGIN DECLARE new_text TEXT DEFAULT NULL; DECLARE pointer INT DEFAULT 1; DECLARE end_pointer INT DEFAULT 1; DECLARE encoded_text TEXT DEFAULT NULL; DECLARE result_text TEXT DEFAULT NULL; SET new_text = REPLACE(original_text,'+',' '); SET new_text = REPLACE(new_text,'%0A',' '); SET pointer = LOCATE("%", new_text); while pointer <> 0 && pointer < (CHAR_LENGTH(new_text) - 2) DO SET end_pointer = pointer + 3; while MID(new_text, end_pointer, 1) = "%" DO SET end_pointer = end_pointer+3; END while; SET encoded_text = MID(new_text, pointer, end_pointer - pointer); SET result_text = CONVERT(UNHEX(REPLACE(encoded_text, "%", "")) USING utf8); SET new_text = REPLACE(new_text, encoded_text, result_text); SET pointer = LOCATE("%", new_text, pointer + CHAR_LENGTH(result_text)); END while; return new_text; END $$ DELIMITER ;