Uppercase String Convert

Question

I have strings from a source code and its like;

"REAL MADRİD - BARCELONA"
"VİLLAREAL - IDIONA"
"FENERBAHÇE - BEŞİKTAŞ IŞ"
etc.. etc.. etc..

I want to convert this string totally lowercase and uppercase first character of each word. (like ucwords). But i have a problem with İI and other utf-8 characters when using ucwords function.

I want exactly output for this strings like;

"Real Madrid - Barcelona"
"Villareal - Idıona"
"Fenerbahçe - Beşiktaş Iş"

What can i try? Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:51

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I found this functiom:

function mb_ucwords($str)
    {
        return mb_convert_case($str, MB_CASE_TITLE, "UTF-8");
    }

answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:51

Szymon

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m.antkowicz · Answer 2 · 2015-12-31T12:00:23.403

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You should use ucwords with strtolower php method combination

    $s = "REAL MADRID - BARCELONA";
    $s = ucwords(strtolower($s));

    #Real Madrid - Barcelona

Check out this fiddle

For utf8 strings instead of strtolower you can use mb_convert_case method with MB_CASE_TITLE mode like:

    $s = "FENERBAHÇE - BEŞİKTAŞ IŞ";
    $s = mb_convert_case($s, MB_CASE_TITLE, "UTF-8");

Check out this fiddle

please notice that the last one will work for sure also if the first letter of word is special utf8 kind

edited Dec 31 '15 at 12:00

answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:43

m.antkowicz

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it's doesnt work at utf-8 characters like; FENERBAHÇE - BEŞİKTAŞ IŞ – Kadir Çetintaş Dec 31 '15 at 11:45
the last one is works, I'm using it right now but there is only problem with "I" and "İ" characters. – Kadir Çetintaş Dec 31 '15 at 11:56
And what is the problem? To be honest I do not know `İ` character - isn't `i` lowercase for it? – m.antkowicz Dec 31 '15 at 11:59
Can you check this sample, http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/83db6ce3adfe0780f9b8720820a98cb0cf77da16 I writed comment line what a output, i want. Thanks. – Kadir Çetintaş Dec 31 '15 at 12:05
Do not use **MB_CASE_LOWER** first then everything is fine - [check out this](http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/39909746d3c272b4469a7db596e040c8795cc064) – m.antkowicz Dec 31 '15 at 12:06
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/99404/discussion-between-kadir-cetintas-and-m-antkowicz). – Kadir Çetintaş Dec 31 '15 at 12:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:45

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The function you need is mb_strtolower()

Usage: echo mb_strtolower($str);

For more details, read the Manual.

answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:45

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I have a problem with utf-8 characters. Check this http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/ea4829d356ca7e5b8351b69f25fb6fe1afc283bc – Kadir Çetintaş Dec 31 '15 at 11:49
It could be a problem with the site. Did you check it locally or on your site? – Manikiran Dec 31 '15 at 12:44

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:45

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Need to use strtolower and ucwords

Example :

$string = "REAL MADRİD - BARCELONA";
$lower = strtolower($string); //first need to convert to lower string
$firstupper = ucwords($lower); //then change every word first letter is upper case

answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:45

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mb_strtolower instead strtolower – Florin Sima Dec 31 '15 at 12:03

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 31 '15 at 12:37

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try this

$string = "REAL MADRID - BARCELONA";
$ans = ucwords(strtolower ( $string ));

edited Dec 31 '15 at 12:37

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answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:51

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 31 '15 at 13:11

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Try this:

<?php

echo ucwords(strtolower('Dhaka, JAMALPUR, sarishabari'));

Result is:

Dhaka, Jamalpur, Sarishabari

edited Dec 31 '15 at 13:11

Will

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answered Dec 31 '15 at 11:53

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Florin Sima · Answer 7 · 2015-12-31T13:02:21.190

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I guess you figured it out, you should use:

mb_strtolower

and

mb_convert_case

Here:

    $games = array(
    "REAL MADRİD - BARCELONA",
    "VİLLAREAL - IDIONA",
    "FENERBAHÇE - BEŞİKTAŞ IŞ",
    "İSTANBULSPOR A.Ş - FENERBAHÇE İŞ"
);

foreach($games as $game) {
    echo mb_convert_case($game, MB_CASE_TITLE, "UTF-8") . '<br>';
}

it will print the result you're looking for:

Real Madrid - Barcelona
Villareal - Idiona
Fenerbahçe - Beşiktaş Iş
İstanbulspor A.ş - Fenerbahçe İş

To capitalize like A.S a solution would be:

foreach($games as $game) {
    $tmp = str_replace(".",". ",$game);
    echo mb_convert_case($tmp, MB_CASE_TITLE, "UTF-8") . '<br>';
}

and you get:

Real Madrid - Barcelona
Villareal - Idiona
Fenerbahçe - Beşiktaş Iş
İstanbulspor A. Ş - Fenerbahçe İş

Of course, you may create your own function, especially if there are other requirements as well.

edited Dec 31 '15 at 13:02

answered Dec 31 '15 at 12:02

Florin Sima

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I have problems with I İ characters, Can you check this sample, http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/83db6ce3adfe0780f9b8720820a98cb0cf77da16 – Kadir Çetintaş Dec 31 '15 at 12:06
Ok, now I noticed the special 'I' character and I modified accordingly. It remains to address the issue with capitalizing the letter after '.' to get 'A.Ş'. You have to make a custom function for this, I would probably make something simple, like searching for '.' and replace it with '. ' (dot +space). – Florin Sima Dec 31 '15 at 12:40

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 31 '15 at 12:10

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You can try this:

$string = "REAL MADRİD - BARCELONA";
mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
$finalString =  mb_convert_case($string, MB_CASE_TITLE);
echo $finalString;

Result:

Real Madrid - Barcelona

answered Dec 31 '15 at 12:10

devpro

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did you checked? @kadir-Çetintaş – devpro Dec 31 '15 at 12:37
It has problem when "I" character converting to lowercase. "I" to lowercase should be "ı" not "i" – Kadir Çetintaş Jan 01 '16 at 10:59
it return valid characters @KadirÇetintaş – devpro Jan 01 '16 at 11:07

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