The ucfirst Function
The ucfirst function converts the first
character of a string to uppercase.
Works correctly only with Latin characters (single-byte characters).
Syntax
ucfirst(string $string): string
Example
Let's convert the first character of the string to uppercase:
<?php
echo ucfirst('abcde');
?>
Code execution result:
'Abcde'
See Also
-
the
lcfirstfunction,
which converts the first character to lowercase -
the
strtoupperfunction,
which converts a string to lowercase -
the
strtolowerfunction,
which converts a string to uppercase -
the
ucwordsfunction,
which converts the first letters of words to uppercase
