ucwords – PHP String Functions

Syntax :

Description :

ucwords() function will take string as input and converts first letter of every word in a string to uppercase letter, if that character is alphabetic. In general language, its name implies UC = Upper Case the words.

Parameter :

• string – This is a Required parameter. This is a string on which function will be performed.
• seperator/delimiters –  This is a Optional parameter. It contains the word separator characters. By default these characters are
  • space
  • \t : tab
  • \r : carriage return
  • \n : newline
  • \f : form feed
  • \v : vertical tab

ChangeLog :

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Version, Description
5.4.32 & 5.5.16, Added the delimiters parameter.

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Output :

This will return a changed string.

Related articles : strtolower(), strtoupper(), ucfirst(), lcfirst().

ucwords() – PHP Functions Example 1 :

<?php
$strExample = "An example of a ucwords() function.";
echo ucwords($strExample);
?>

In above example ,We have a string ‘An example of a ucwords() function’. Now this function will converts every first letter in a word to Uppercase. See below is the output of above code.

ucwords() – PHP Functions Example 2 :

<?php
$strExample = "AN Example Of A ucwords() function WITH 789789.";
echo ucwords($strExample);
?>

In above example ,We have a string ‘AN Example Of A ucwords() function WITH 789789.’. Now this function will converts every first letter in a word to Uppercase, it will not do anything with numeric numbers. See below is the output of above code.

ucwords() – PHP Functions Example 3 :

If you want to apply ucwords function on the basis of some separator. Use below example :

<?php
$strExample ="an example |of a ucwords() |function.";
echo ucwords($strExample,"|");
?>

Output will be like below: