Add unicode-safe equivalent of unescape()

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/itjs/it.js b/itjs/it.js
index 54fa5c7..b31423e 100644
--- a/itjs/it.js
+++ b/itjs/it.js
@@ -280,6 +280,24 @@ function it_url_encode(str)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Unicode-safe equivalent of unescape()
+ * @param str string URL encoded string to be decoded
+ */
+function it_url_decode(str)
+{
+	str = str.replace(/\+/g, '%20');
+
+	// catch URI malformed errors
+	try {
+		if (window.decodeURIComponent)
+			return decodeURIComponent(str);
+	}
+	catch(e) {}
+
+	return unescape(str);
+}
+
+/**
  * Patch PNG transparency for IE 5.5-6 on the given image
  */
 function it_pngfix(img, w, h, mode)