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PHP ucwords() Function

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The ucwords() function is a built-in function in PHP and is used to convert the first character of every word in a string to upper-case. Syntax:
string ucwords ( $string, $separator )
Parameter: This function accepts two parameters out of which first is compulsory and second is optional. Both of the parameters are explained below:
  1. $string: This is the input string of which you want to convert the first character of every word to uppercase.
  2. $separator: This is an optional parameter. This parameter specifies a character which will be used a separator for the words in the input string. For example, if the separator character is '|' and the input string is "Hello|world" then it means that the string contains two words "Hello" and "world".
Return value: This function returns a string with the first character of every word in uppercase. Examples:
Input : $str  = "Geeks for geeks"
        ucwords($str)
Output: Geeks For Geeks

Input : $str  = "going BACK he SAW THIS"
        ucwords($str)
Output: Going BACK He SAW THIS
Below programs illustrate the ucwords() function in PHP: Program 1: PHP
<?php

// original string
$str  = "Geeks for geeks";

// string after converting first character
// of every word to uppercase
$resStr = ucwords($str);

print_r($resStr);

?>
Output:
Geeks For Geeks
Program 2: PHP
<?php

// original string
$str = "Geeks#for#geeks #PHP #tutorials";

$separator = '#';

// string after converting first character
// of every word to uppercase
$resStr = ucwords($str, $separator);

print_r($resStr);

?>
Output:
Geeks#For#Geeks #PHP #Tutorials
Note: You should not use the character '$' as a separator because any name in PHP that starts with $ is considered as a variable name. So, your program may give an error that variable not found. Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php

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