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I have code:

<?php echo strftime("%Y %B %e, %A")?>

In some languages I get:

2012 junio 3, domingo

I want that first letter of all words would be uppercase (capital), so it would look like:

2012 Junio 3, Domingo

I didn't find any answer in internet, does anybody have an idea? :)

user1384668
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Try echo ucwords(strftime("%Y %B %e, %A"));

http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php

Simone
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echo ucwords(strftime("%Y %B %e, %A"));
Mitya
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    Given that `strftime()` provides a localised date string, and some localisations use multi-byte character sets, it would be wise to take that into account. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2517947/ucfirst-function-for-multibyte-character-encodings for an example of how to write a multi-byte-characterset-safe ucfirst() function. – Spudley Jun 03 '12 at 22:29
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ucwords is your function: http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php

Gavriel
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Try styling the output like this:

strftime('<span style="text-transform: capitalize;">%Y %B %e, %A</span>')

or

echo '<span style="text-transform: capitalize;">' . strftime('%Y %B %e, %A') . '</span>';

This way you can choose which words to capitalize. In your case ucwords works I guess, since you want all your words starting with uppercase.

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$ php -a
Interactive shell

php > $x = strftime("%Y %B %e, %A");
php > $str = explode(" ", $x);
php > foreach ($str as $i) { print ucfirst($i) . " "; };
2012 June  3, Sunday 
php >
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