note 129291 added to function.ucwords

This function will uppercase the first character of each word in a string except small words. Can retain uppercase abbreviations as required. Will also correctly capitalize text inside (). <?php function formatText($string) { // Note the space before and after each word. $exceptions = array(" and "," as "," but "," for "," if "," nor "," or "," so "," yet "," a "," an "," the "," as "," at "," by "," for "," in "," of "," off "," on "," per "," to "," up "," via "," it ", " is "); $retain = array(" LA ", " NY "); $pos = strpos($string, "("); if ($pos === false) { $string = ucwords(strtolower($string)); } else { $string = strtolower($string); $string = str_replace('( ', '(', ucwords(str_replace('(', '( ', $string))); } // Non-English characters (option). $string = mb_ucwords($string); // (function) mb_convert_case($string, MB_CASE_TITLE, 'UTF-8'); // Replace. for ($i=0; $i<count($exceptions); $i++) { if (strpos($string, ucwords($exceptions[$i]))) { $string = str_replace(ucwords($exceptions[$i]), $exceptions[$i], $string); } } for ($i=0; $i<count($retain); $i++) { if (strpos($string, ucwords(strtolower($retain[$i])))) { $string = str_replace(ucwords(strtolower($retain[$i])), $retain[$i], $string); } } return $string; } ?> Usage: <?php $string = SUNDAY - THERE IS A NEW TOUR STARTING IN LA FOR (ALL) MEMBERS" $string = formatText($string); echo $string; Result: Sunday - There is a New Tour Starting in LA for (All) Members ?> ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 80.90.13.131 (proxied: 144.139.181.163) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/129291 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/129291 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/129291 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php