note 110002 modified in function.ucwords by danbrown

Features:
- multi byte compatible
- handles multiple delimiters

<?php
function ucwords_specific ($string, $delimiters = '', $encoding = NULL)
{
 if ($encoding === NULL) { $encoding = mb_internal_encoding();}

 if (is_string($delimiters))
 {
 $delimiters = str_split( str_replace(' ', '', $delimiters));
 }

 $delimiters_pattern1 = array();
 $delimiters_replace1 = array();
 $delimiters_pattern2 = array();
 $delimiters_replace2 = array();
 foreach ($delimiters as $delimiter)
 {
 $uniqid = uniqid();
 $delimiters_pattern1[] = '/'. preg_quote($delimiter) .'/';
 $delimiters_replace1[] = $delimiter.$uniqid.' ';
 $delimiters_pattern2[] = '/'. preg_quote($delimiter.$uniqid.' ') .'/';
 $delimiters_replace2[] = $delimiter;
 }

 // $return_string = mb_strtolower($string, $encoding);
 $return_string = $string;
 $return_string = preg_replace($delimiters_pattern1, $delimiters_replace1, $return_string);

 $words = explode(' ', $return_string);

 foreach ($words as $index => $word)
 {
 $words[$index] = mb_strtoupper(mb_substr($word, 0, 1, $encoding), $encoding).mb_substr($word, 1, mb_strlen($word, $encoding), $encoding);
 }

 $return_string = implode(' ', $words);

 $return_string = preg_replace($delimiters_pattern2, $delimiters_replace2, $return_string);

 return $return_string;
}
?>

Params:
1. string: The string being converted
2. delimiters: a string with all wanted delimiters written one after the other e.g. "-'"
3. encoding: Is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.

Example Usage:
<?php
mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
$string = "JEAN-PAUL d'artagnan şŠ-òÀ-éÌ hello - world";
echo ucwords_specific( mb_strtolower($string, 'UTF-8'), "-'");
?>

Output:
Jean-Paul D'Artagnan Şš-Òà-Éì Hello - World --was-- Features: - multi byte compatible - handles multiple delimiters function ucwords_specific ($string, $delimiters = '', $encoding = NULL) { if ($encoding === NULL) { $encoding = mb_internal_encoding();} if (is_string($delimiters)) { $delimiters = str_split( str_replace(' ', '', $delimiters)); } $delimiters_pattern1 = array(); $delimiters_replace1 = array(); $delimiters_pattern2 = array(); $delimiters_replace2 = array(); foreach ($delimiters as $delimiter) { $uniqid = uniqid(); $delimiters_pattern1[] = '/'. preg_quote($delimiter) .'/'; $delimiters_replace1[] = $delimiter.$uniqid.' '; $delimiters_pattern2[] = '/'. preg_quote($delimiter.$uniqid.' ') .'/'; $delimiters_replace2[] = $delimiter; } // $return_string = mb_strtolower($string, $encoding); $return_string = $string; $return_string = preg_replace($delimiters_pattern1, $delimiters_replace1, $return_string); $words = explode(' ', $return_string); foreach ($words as $index => $word) { $words[$index] = mb_strtoupper(mb_substr($word, 0, 1, $encoding), $encoding).mb_substr($word, 1, mb_strlen($word, $encoding), $encoding); } $return_string = implode(' ', $words); $return_string = preg_replace($delimiters_pattern2, $delimiters_replace2, $return_string); return $return_string; } Params: 1. string: The string being converted 2. delimiters: a string with all wanted delimiters written one after the other e.g. "-'" 3. encoding: Is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used. Example Usage: mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8'); $string = "JEAN-PAUL d'artagnan şŠ-òÀ-éÌ hello - world"; echo ucwords_specific( mb_strtolower($string, 'UTF-8'), "-'"); Output: Jean-Paul D'Artagnan Şš-Òà-Éì Hello - World http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php