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Name

ucfirst — Makes the first character in a string uppercase.

Synopsis

string ucfirst(string); string string:

Returns

String; FALSE on error

Description

ucfirst() attempts to convert the first character in a string to uppercase.

Note

The function works on the first character in a string - not the first letter character in a string. This means that a string like ' foiled by a leading space' will be unchanged due to the leading space.

Caution

This function is likely to give unexpected results with non-ASCII character sets. In cases like this, it's best to code your own replacement function. See ucwords() for a simple example that can easily be modified to fit this need.

Version

PHP 3+, PHP 4+

Example

Example 1243. Basic use of ucfirst()

<?php
echo ucfirst("foo bar baz qux, I smell someone who codes with Tux.");
?>

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