Problem with displaying encoded paths in Google Maps Static - google-maps

I've encoded a polygon's path.
When I check it in https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/utilities/polylineutility, it works perfectly :
Polygon in Google Devlopper Test
encoded path: wptdHtgeI#a#HaEHmCTkDDUVsAF{G#wD#o#~~~~~~Bq##{CAuC?{D?_B?e#EsCe#aCoA{Ea#}AOm#vAgA|BcBr#i#nCs#hBe#~#UlFmAZI|Cs#nBc#FAf#K`#IAvDFF~~~~~~Bp##|D~~~~~~BlC#tG~~~~~~BX#hG~~~~~~B`A~~~~~~BzC~~~~~~BfB~~~~~~Bx#~~~~~~B|D~~~~~~B^~~~~~~BtA#`D~~~~~~B`#~~~~~~B~~~~~~BG?B\?bE~~~~~~BrD#jJ#xDEvA~~~~~~Bt#?rA#|F?|E~~~~~~BRIBq#JC#k#Hm#H?~~~~~~BA~~~~~~B#Pq#\{Av#sBbA{ADk#Xi#Hi#G[GUIUGUIMC_EwBWCYEUC~~~~~~B?HiC|#LF#F}#BWNaDNsDc#YuABU#sADH_D~~~~~~BAYFB{#??
But when I try the same code with a static map, i doesn't work.
I changed the path with urlencode in PHP :
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?key=YOUR_API_KEY&center=48.109115,-1.670599&zoom=13&size=600x600&maptype=roadmap&path=fillcolor:0xAA000033%7Ccolor:0xFFFFFF00%7Cenc:wptdHtgeI%40a%40HaEHmCTkDDUVsAF%7BG%40wD%40o%40%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBq%40%40%7BCAuC%3F%7BD%3F_B%3Fe%40EsCe%40aCoA%7BEa%40%7DAOm%40vAgA%7CBcBr%40i%40nCs%40hBe%40%7E%40UlFmAZI%7CCs%40nBc%40FAf%40K%60%40IAvDFF%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBp%40%40%7CD%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBlC%40tG%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBX%40hG%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%60A%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBzC%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBfB%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBx%40%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%7CD%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%5E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBtA%40%60D%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%60%40%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBG%3FB%5C%5C%3FbE%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBrD%40jJ%40xDEvA%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBt%40%3FrA%40%7CF%3F%7CE%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBRIBq%40JC%40k%40Hm%40H%3F%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBA%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%40Pq%40%5C%5C%7BAv%40sBbA%7BADk%40Xi%40Hi%40G%5BGUIUGUIMC_EwBWCYEUC%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EB%3FHiC%7C%40LF%40F%7D%40BWNaDNsDc%40YuABU%40sADH_D%7E%7E%7E%7E%7E%7EBAYFB%7B%40%3F%3F
Please : I need a solution with PHP and not js, and for STATIC maps only...

There seems to be an issue with your encoded path. Use the resulting encoded polyline from the Interactive Polyline Encoder Utility on your Static Maps API request.
Given your encoded path,
wptdHtgeI#a#HaEHmCTkDDUVsAF{G#wD#o#~~~~~~Bq##{CAuC?{D?_B?e#EsCe#aCoA{Ea#}AOm#vAgA|BcBr#i#nCs#hBe#~#UlFmAZI|Cs#nBc#FAf#K`#IAvDFF~~~~~~Bp##|D~~~~~~BlC#tG~~~~~~BX#hG~~~~~~B`A~~~~~~BzC~~~~~~BfB~~~~~~Bx#~~~~~~B|D~~~~~~B^~~~~~~BtA#`D~~~~~~B`#~~~~~~B~~~~~~BG?B\?bE~~~~~~BrD#jJ#xDEvA~~~~~~Bt#?rA#|F?|E~~~~~~BRIBq#JC#k#Hm#H?~~~~~~BA~~~~~~B#Pq#\{Av#sBbA{ADk#Xi#Hi#G[GUIUGUIMC_EwBWCYEUC~~~~~~B?HiC|#LF#F}#BWNaDNsDc#YuABU#sADH_D~~~~~~BAYFB{#??
you'll have following encoded polyline from the Interactive Polyline Encoder Utility which you can use on your Static Maps API request:
wptdHtgeI#a#HaEHmCTkDDUVsAF{G#wD#o#?q##{CAuC?{D?_B?e#EsCe#aCoA{Ea#}AOm#vAgA|BcBr#i#nCs#hBe#~#UlFmAZI|Cs#nBc#FAf#K`#IAvDFF?p##|D?lC#tG?X#hG?`A?zC?fB?x#?|D?^?tA#`D?`#??G?B\?bE?rD#jJ#xDEvA?t#?rA#|F?|E?RIBq#JC#k#Hm#H??A?#Pq#\{Av#sBbA{ADk#Xi#Hi#G[GUIUGUIMC_EwBWCYEUC??HiC|#LF#F}#BWNaDNsDc#YuABU#sADH_D?AYFB{#??
You can try this working API request:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?key=YOUR_API_KEY&center=48.109115,-1.670599&zoom=13&size=600x600&maptype=roadmap&path=fillcolor:0xAA000033%7Ccolor:0xFFFFFF00%7Cenc:wptdHtgeI#a#HaEHmCTkDDUVsAF{G#wD#o#?q##{CAuC?{D?_B?e#EsCe#aCoA{Ea#}AOm#vAgA|BcBr#i#nCs#hBe#~#UlFmAZI|Cs#nBc#FAf#K`#IAvDFF?p##|D?lC#tG?X#hG?`A?zC?fB?x#?|D?^?tA#`D?`#??G?B\?bE?rD#jJ#xDEvA?t#?rA#|F?|E?RIBq#JC#k#Hm#H??A?#Pq#\{Av#sBbA{ADk#Xi#Hi#G[GUIUGUIMC_EwBWCYEUC??HiC|#LF#F}#BWNaDNsDc#YuABU#sADH_D?AYFB{#??
Note: Please provide your own API key on the sample request.
Hope this helps!

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