[Resolved] Capitalize after punctuation?

[flinginarrows]

I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I need to have the ability to format stories that people post. Lets say their story is submitted with all capital letters. Can I use strtolower and then scan the story for punctuation allowing me to capitalize the first letter of the following word? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[BigZack]

try this...

function FixTextCase($text) {
    $text = strtolower($text);
    $sentences = preg_split("/(\.(\s)?|\?(\s)?)/",$text,-1,PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);

foreach($sentences as $x) {
    if ((trim($x) == ".") || (trim($x) == "?")) {
        $outtext .= trim($x)." ";
    } else {
        $outtext .= ucfirst(trim($x));
    }
}

// fix double mark errors
$outtext = preg_replace("/(\s\.)/",".",$outtext);
$outtext = preg_replace("/(\s\?)/","?",$outtext);
return $outtext;
}

[drawmack]

<?php

function capitalize_story($story) {
   //list everything that could end a sentence.
    $punctuation = array('.','?','!');

foreach($punctuation as $ender) {
    //turn the story into an array of sentences that end
    //with the current punctuation
    $temp = explode($ender,$story);
    //empty story so we can rebuild it
    $story = '';
    //capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
    foreach($temp as $sentence) {
        $sentence = ltrim($sentence);
        $sentence = ucfirst($sentence);
        $story .= $sentence . ' ';
    } //end foreach
} //end foreach

return $story;
} //end capitalize_story
?>

WARNING: This will effectively squash paragraphs you'll have to figure that one out on your own.

[flinginarrows]

Thanks for the quick response (both of you)

drawmack

That did work, but it didnt replace the punctuation.

[flinginarrows]

Is it possible to find the space after the "$ender" and use IT as the seperator?

[drawmack]

<?php

function capitalize_story($story) {
   //list everything that could end a sentence.
    $punctuation = array('.','?','!');

foreach($punctuation as $ender) {
    //turn the story into an array of sentences that end
    //with the current punctuation
    $temp = explode($ender,$story);
    //empty story so we can rebuild it
    $story = '';
    //capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
    foreach($temp as $sentence) {
        $sentence = ltrim($sentence);
        $sentence = ucfirst($sentence);
        $story .= $sentence . $ender . ' ';
    } //end foreach
} //end foreach

return $story;
} //end capitalize_story
?>

okay I fixed it so it puts the puncutation back now. As far as using the space after punctuation. If you don't trust them to capitalize the first word of a sentence do you really trust them to put a space in?

[flinginarrows]

Perfect. I appreciate your help with this.