mb_parse_str() parses
GET/POST/COOKIE data and sets global variables. Since PHP
does not provide raw POST/COOKIE data, it can only used for
GET data for now. It preses URL encoded data, detects
encoding, converts coding to internal encoding and set values
to result array or global
variables.
encoded_string: URL
encoded data.
result: Array contains
decoded and character encoding converted values.
Return Value: It returns
TRUE for success or
FALSE for failure.
See also mb_detect_order(),
mb_internal_encoding().