Re: 'ucfirst' function for text area strings?

On Tuesday 28 May 2002 23:58, Andre Dubuc wrote: > Is there a way to get a function similar to 'ucfirst' to work with the > first letters of a set of strings in textarea strings? > > ****************************************************** > Inputted strings: > > "hi. i hope there is one. any ideas?" > > Should appear: > "Hi. I hope there is one. Any ideas?" > > ****************************************************** > > Would it be possible to do a 'foreach' 'ucfirst' type of statement while > reading a string and breaking it apart at punctuation marks? use explode() to break into sentences on whatever you deem to be a sentence boundary (period, exclamation mark, question mark, whatever). foreach() through the resulting array applying ucfirst(). Then join them all up again. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. -- Oscar Wilde */