CK Editor sends $_POST data encoded. How to decode?

Using the CK Editor in combination with my $_POST data code, I am receiving the following output from Jotform for this field:

{"widget_metadata":{"type":"htmltext","value":"blah-blah-blah___but-this-is-just-a-string-of-characters"}}

What is the decoding for this?

Thanks.

I made a test form and I was able to replicate the concern you have.

Here's my test form: https://form.jotformpro.com/71831590822962. 

1. Here's the test submission I made: 

2. Here's what the POST data looks like:

Upon checking the CK Editor widget's source, it seems like this CK Editor is encoding it in base64 string. Depending on the language you are using, you should find a method built-in on that language that can decode base64 strings.

I hope that helps. 

Got it.  Thanks.  PHP = base64_decode()