Comments on: Making Uppercase Words Automatically In PHP With UCWords http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically Learn PHP Online Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jack http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-2203 Jack Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:27:03 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-2203 OBX - It works like a charm...consider your address variable was $title like below. $title = "123A TEST ST"; $title = strtolower($title); function smartcase($strtitle) { return preg_replace( "/(?<=(?<!:|'s)\W)(A|An|And|At|For|In|Is|Of|On|Or|The|To|With)(?=\W)/e",'strtolower("$1")',$strtitle); } $title = @smartcase(ucwords($title)); echo "<strong>$title</strong>"; OBX – It works like a charm…consider your address variable was $title like below.

$title = “123A TEST ST”;
$title = strtolower($title);
function smartcase($strtitle) {
return preg_replace(
“/(?<=(?<!:|'s)\W)(A|An|And|At|For|In|Is|Of|On|Or|The|To|With)(?=\W)/e",'strtolower("$1")',$strtitle);
}
$title = @smartcase(ucwords($title));
echo "$title“;

]]> By: OBX http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-1637 OBX Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:03:34 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-1637 Is there any way to get around the 43things example? We are trying to use this function to scrub addresses that start like 123A TEST ST. Is there a way to change it to the 123A Test St? Is there any way to get around the 43things example? We are trying to use this function to scrub addresses that start like 123A TEST ST. Is there a way to change it to the 123A Test St?

]]> By: Bob http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-1603 Bob Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:09:22 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-1603 What I think jesh meant to say is the last example, as written, would actually return "PHP" as "Php". What I think jesh meant to say is the last example, as written, would actually return “PHP” as “Php”.

]]> By: Pankaj http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-1232 Pankaj Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:45:47 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-1232 ucwords(); is good function in php, i like this website because i got newthing from here ucwords(); is good function in php, i like this website because i got newthing from here

]]> By: earnest http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-981 earnest Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:57:51 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-981 How do you do that with a wordpress function like this i tried is <?php echo ucwords ();?> but it did not work. How should i do this How do you do that with a wordpress function like this

i tried is <?php echo ucwords ();?>

but it did not work. How should i do this

]]> By: www.eerectors.com http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-603 www.eerectors.com Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:46:29 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-603 good job good job

]]> By: Zachary Schuessler http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-597 Zachary Schuessler Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:49:31 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-597 @jest - That's incorrect, actually. You need to make use of the strtolower() function first, and then apply the ucwords() function. Take a look at the PHP.net manual for confirmation. @jest – That’s incorrect, actually. You need to make use of the strtolower() function first, and then apply the ucwords() function. Take a look at the PHP.net manual for confirmation.

]]> By: jesh http://www.learnphponline.com/functions/php-ucwords-making-uppercase-words-automatically/comment-page-1#comment-596 jesh Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:01:03 +0000 http://www.learnphponline.com/?p=49#comment-596 ucword() should turn "CHECK OUT THIS NEW PHP FUNCTION GUYS!" into "Check Out This New Php Function Guys!" ucword() should turn “CHECK OUT THIS NEW PHP FUNCTION GUYS!” into “Check Out This New Php Function Guys!”

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