note 106498 added to function.ucfirst

I was just noticing all of the lengthy implementations for achieving uppercase sentences (aka, ucsentence or sentencecase). Do yourself a favor and avoid all the extensive code snippets. You can achieve uppercase-sentencing with a single line: <?php function ucsentence($i_str, $i_lowercase = false) { $i_lowercase && ($i_str = strtolower($i_str)); return preg_replace('/((?:^|[\.!?]"?\s+))([a-z])/e', '"$1" . ucfirst("$2")', $i_str); } ?> Of course, there can be no complete automated solution because there may be some terms that you'd prefer stay upper-cased (e.g., proper nouns, initials, abbreviations, etc.), but this does a good job of the most basic requirement of making the first letter of a sentence uppercase. Example: <?php $text = 'this is a test of the "Emergency Broadcast System!" this is only a test! or is it...?'; // // without lowercasing the string first // ucsentence($text); // // Output: // This is a test of the "Emergency Broadcast System!" This is only a test! Or is it...? // // // with lowercasing the string first // ucsentence($text, true); // // Output: // This is a test of the "emergency broadcast system!" This is only a test! Or is it...? // ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 98.189.22.30 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ucfirst.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/106498 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/106498 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/106498 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php