Make string title case using ucfirst

Question

I'm probably missing something really obvious.

While converting a bunch of string before inserting them in a array I noticed some string where different among each other because of first char being uppercase or not. I decided then to use ucfirst to make first character uppercase but it seems it doesn't work properly, I have had a look around on the web trying to figure out why this is happening but I had no luck.

$produtto = 'APPLE';
echo ucfirst($produtto);
//output: APPLE

If I use instead mb_convert_case

$produtto = 'APPLE';
echo mb_convert_case($produtto, MB_CASE_TITLE, "UTF-8");
//Output: Apple

You first must convert to lowercase `strtolower()`, then use `ucfirst()` after. Your string is already in uppercase, so it won't work the way you are using it now. I was faced with that too at one point, so I learned it the hard way. lol it happens ;-) — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 20 '13 at 13:42
Remember this, as someone once told me many many moons ago: "Computers are actually stupid, you have to tell them what to do". — Funk Forty Niner, Jun 20 '13 at 13:49

MisterBla · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-23T09:41:03.147

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ucfirst() only looks at the first character so you should convert to lowercase first.

Use this:

$produtto = 'APPLE';
echo ucfirst(strtolower($produtto));
//output: Apple

edited Apr 23 '16 at 09:41

answered Jun 20 '13 at 13:42

MisterBla

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '13 at 13:42

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In the first case I assume you would first need to turn them lowercase with strtolower, and then use ucfirst on the string.

answered Jun 20 '13 at 13:42

silkfire

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 12 '14 at 10:01

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http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-convert-case.php

MB_CASE_TITLE is not the same as ucfirst(). ucfirst is only interested in the first character. MB_CASE_TITLE is about the whole string and making it an initial capital string.

answered Dec 12 '14 at 10:01

Richard A Quadling

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 20 '13 at 13:42

read the manual! APPLE = uppercase.. so ucfirst does nothing.

www.php.net/ucfirst

$foo = 'hello world!';
$foo = ucfirst($foo);             // Hello world!

$bar = 'HELLO WORLD!';
$bar = ucfirst($bar);             // HELLO WORLD!
$bar = ucfirst(strtolower($bar)); // Hello world!

Make string title case using ucfirst

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