(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ucwords — Uppercase the first character of each word in a string
$str
[,
string $delimiters = " \t\r\n\f\v"
] ) : string
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 any character listed in the delimiters parameter
(By default these are: space, form-feed, newline, carriage return, horizontal tab, and vertical tab).
strThe input string.
delimiters
The optional delimiters contains the word separator characters.
Returns the modified string.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.4.32, 5.5.16 |
Added the delimiters parameter.
|
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!
?>
Example #2 ucwords() example with custom delimiter
<?php
$foo = 'hello|world!';
$bar = ucwords($foo); // Hello|world!
$baz = ucwords($foo, "|"); // Hello|World!
?>
Note: This function is binary-safe.