In this example we will show you how to manipulate strings from uppercase to lowercase and from lowercase to uppercase with PHP. This is neccesary when you need to format text.
For this example we will use:
- A computer with PHP >= 5.5 installed
- notepad++
1. Getting Started
Changing text from uppercase to lowercase or from lowercase to uppercase can become necessary when we are formating or reformatting text. We might need to do this, if for example we want the first letter of the first word in a paragraph to be in uppercase or we want all the words in a paragraph to be in lowercase.
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We want to convert the above text to:
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In the text above we have successfully converted the first letter of each word to uppercase. PHP provides us with so many functions to carry out tasks like this. Lets take a look at some of this functions with some examples.
1.1 strtolower
strtolower converts a string to lowercase. The parameter or arguement supplied to this function is the string we intend to manipulate or convert.
String strtolower(String text);
The function above returns the lowercased string.
index.php
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <head> <style> </style> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, target-densitydpi=device-dpi"/> <title> Previewing The QR Code Image </title> </head> <body> <?php $text="According To Library Website PHP QR Code Is Open Source (LGPL) Library For Generating QR Code, 2-dimensional Barcode. Based On Libqrencode C Library, Provides API For Creating QR Code Barcode Images (PNG, JPEG thanks to GD2). Implemented Purely In PHP. Some Of The Features Of This Library Are"; // returns according to library website php qr code is open source (lgpl) library for generating qr code, 2-dimensional barcode. based on libqrencode c library, provides api for creating qr code barcode images (png, jpeg thanks to gd2). implemented purely in php. some of the features of this library are echo strtolower($text); ?> </body> </html>
In the example above we converted the whole text to lowercase with the strtolower function.
1.2 strtoupper
strtoupper converts a string to uppercase. The parameter or arguement supplied to this function is the string we intend to manipulate or convert.
String strtoupper(String text);
The function above returns the uppercased string.
index2.php
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <head> <style> </style> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, target-densitydpi=device-dpi"/> <title> Previewing The QR Code Image </title> </head> <body> <?php $text="According To Library Website PHP QR Code Is Open Source (LGPL) Library For Generating QR Code, 2-dimensional Barcode. Based On Libqrencode C Library, Provides API For Creating QR Code Barcode Images (PNG, JPEG thanks to GD2). Implemented Purely In PHP. Some Of The Features Of This Library Are"; // returns ACCORDING TO LIBRARY WEBSITE PHP QR CODE IS OPEN SOURCE (LGPL) LIBRARY FOR GENERATING QR CODE, 2-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE. BASED ON LIBQRENCODE C LIBRARY, PROVIDES API FOR CREATING QR CODE BARCODE IMAGES (PNG, JPEG THANKS TO GD2). IMPLEMENTED PURELY IN PHP. SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THIS LIBRARY ARE echo strtoupper($text); ?> </body> </html>
In the example above we converted the whole text to uppercase with strtoupper function
1.3 lcfirst
lcfirst converts the first character or letter of a string to lowercase. The parameter or arguement supplied to this function is the string we intend to manipulate or convert.
String lcfirst(String text);
The function above returns the first character of the string as lowercased.
index3.php
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <head> <style> </style> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, target-densitydpi=device-dpi"/> <title> Previewing The QR Code Image </title> </head> <body> <?php $text="According To Library Website PHP QR Code Is Open Source (LGPL) Library For Generating QR Code, 2-dimensional Barcode. Based On Libqrencode C Library, Provides API For Creating QR Code Barcode Images (PNG, JPEG thanks to GD2). Implemented Purely In PHP. Some Of The Features Of This Library Are"; // returns according To Library Website PHP QR Code Is Open Source (LGPL) Library For Generating QR Code, 2-dimensional Barcode. Based On Libqrencode C Library, Provides API For Creating QR Code Barcode Images (PNG, JPEG thanks to GD2). Implemented Purely In PHP. Some Of The Features Of This Library Are echo lcfirst($text); ?> </body> </html>
1.4 ucfirst
ucfirst converts the first character or letter of a string to uppercase. The parameter or arguement supplied to this function is the string we intend to manipulate or convert.
String ucfirst(String text);
The function above returns the first character of the string as uppercased.
index4.php
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <head> <style> </style> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, target-densitydpi=device-dpi"/> <title> Previewing The QR Code Image </title> </head> <body> <?php $text="according to library website php qr code is open source (lgpl) library for generating qr code, 2-dimensional barcode. based on libqrencode c library, provides api for creating qr code barcode images (png, jpeg thanks to gd2). implemented purely in php. some of the features of this library are "; //According to library website php qr code is open source (lgpl) library for generating qr code, 2-dimensional barcode. based on libqrencode c library, provides api for creating qr code barcode images (png, jpeg thanks to gd2). implemented purely in php. some of the features of this library are echo ucfirst($text); ?> </body> </html>
1.5 ucwords
ucwords converts the first character of each word in a string to uppercase. The parameter or arguement supplied to this function is the string we intend to manipulate or convert.
String ucwords(String text);
The function above returns the first word of the string as uppercased.
index5.php
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=en> <head> <style> </style> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, target-densitydpi=device-dpi"/> <title> Previewing The QR Code Image </title> </head> <body> <?php $text="according to library website php qr code is open source (lgpl) library for generating qr code, 2-dimensional barcode. based on libqrencode c library, provides api for creating qr code barcode images (png, jpeg thanks to gd2). implemented purely in php. some of the features of this library are "; //According To Library Website Php Qr Code Is Open Source (lgpl) Library For Generating Qr Code, 2-dimensional Barcode. Based On Libqrencode C Library, Provides Api For Creating Qr Code Barcode Images (png, Jpeg Thanks To Gd2). Implemented Purely In Php. Some Of The Features Of This Library Are echo ucwords($text); ?> </body> </html>
2. Summary
In this example we learnt how to convert strings from uppercase to lowercase and from lowercase to uppercase. We learnt about PHP ucwords, ucfirst, lcfirst, strtoupper, strtolower function.
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Nice useful for me but can develop with custom code instead of builtin function