RE: Re: [PHP] Capitalize Function ??

True. or what about the Irish.. The Mc***'s or the Mac*****'s !! Hmmm? This will be a challenge for sure!! Alexander Skwar <ASkwar@DigitalProjects.com> 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? > > >Alexander Skwar >-- >How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) >http://quote.6x.to (english) >Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | >http://www.iso-top.de > iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen > Uptime: 1 day 7 hours 12 minutes > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/