ucwords
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ucwords — Uppercase the first character of each word in a string
Description
string ucwords
( string
$str
)
Returns a string with the first character of each word in
str capitalized, if that character is alphabetic.
The definition of a word is any string of characters that is immediately after a whitespace (These are: space, form-feed, newline, carriage return, horizontal tab, and vertical tab).
Parameters
-
str -
The input string.
Return Values
Returns the modified string.
Examples
Example #1 ucwords() example
<?php
$foo = 'hello world!';
$foo = ucwords($foo); // Hello World!
$bar = 'HELLO WORLD!';
$bar = ucwords($bar); // HELLO WORLD!
$bar = ucwords(strtolower($bar)); // Hello World!
?>
Notes
Note: This function is binary-safe.
See Also
- strtoupper() - Make a string uppercase
- strtolower() - Make a string lowercase
- ucfirst() - Make a string's first character uppercase
- mb_convert_case() - Perform case folding on a string
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