Capitalization Question

[mdo10025]

I have a form w/ firstname and lastname fields. I am trying to convert the input to initial caps only since some users type all caps and some all lowercase. Here is what I have:

  $lcUpdate = ucwords(strtolower($input));
  $icUpdate = ucfirst($lcUpdate);

What I find is the first word in the string is not capitalized but the 2nd word is: e.g. mary Jane (firstname). How do I get M in mary capitalized as well? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[benracer]

<?php
$foo = 'hello world!';
$foo = ucfirst($foo);             // Hello world!

$bar = 'HELLO WORLD!';
$bar = ucfirst($bar);             // HELLO WORLD!
$bar = ucfirst(strtolower($bar)); // Hello world!
?> 

[mdo10025]

Thanks for the quick response, benracer. Tried the following based on your suggestion:

  $lcUpdate = ($input);
  $lcUpdate = ucfirst($lcUpdate);
  $lcUpdate = ucfirst(strtolower($lcUpdate));

but still the same result: mary Jane. What am I missing?

[Joseph07]

What is the purpose of using ucfirst and then strtolower and then ucfirst again?

[benracer]

Post the complete code then we can solve your problem