Re: Capitalize Function ??

You wrote: > So sprach »PHP Junkie« am 2001-07-23 um 21:39:07 -0400 : > > I'm taking in first name and last name data into a MySQL db through a > > form. Users sometimes don't capitalize their first and last names when > > entering the data. Is there a function to clean this up for > > consistency? If so, what is the name of the function that performs > > this? > > Yep, ucwords. > > But this is not a good idea! There are Names (like "Hans vom Bach" or > somesuch) which do NOT have to be captialized. Actually, capitalizing > the "vom" would be wrong. Although this was just a German example, I'd > bet there are names in French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian as well which > should not be capitalized. Hmm, how about English? Sometimes there are > suffixes like "the 3rd", no? Would it be right to capitalize this? Usually, "the 3rd" is written as "John Doe, III," AFAIK, so that's not really an issue. -- -Ryan :: ICQ - 595003 :: GigaBoard - http://www.gigaboard.net/