Comments on: Title Case in PHP http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: JimS http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-571831 JimS Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:29:42 +0000 1274596269#comment-571831 My god... what a bunch of whiners (for the most part). And a lot of non-programmers who want to complain about improper grammar. It's a tool. Use it. Don't use it. Modify as needed. And ddzoom... If you modify ALLCAP titles then the previous example where "A Title About HTML Classes" would obviously damage HTML if it was inputed properly the first time around. Jim My god… what a bunch of whiners (for the most part). And a lot of non-programmers who want to complain about improper grammar. It’s a tool. Use it. Don’t use it. Modify as needed.

And ddzoom…
If you modify ALLCAP titles then the previous example where “A Title About HTML Classes” would obviously damage HTML if it was inputed properly the first time around.

Jim

]]> By: Edan http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-442742 Edan Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:08:32 +0000 1274596269#comment-442742 Thanks for the code. Even if it doesn't provide me a complete grammar resource - I found it very useful. Anyway, for the last word problem, I added this line - $words[array_pop(array_keys($words))] = ucwords($word); Thanks for the code.
Even if it doesn’t provide me a complete grammar resource -
I found it very useful.

Anyway, for the last word problem, I added this line -

$words[array_pop(array_keys($words))] = ucwords($word);

]]> By: ddzoom http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-227963 ddzoom Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:01:23 +0000 1274596269#comment-227963 <pre><code class="html">function titlecase($s) { $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'at', 'but', 'by', 'de', 'down', 'for', 'from', 'has', 'in', 'into', 'near', 'nor', 'of', 'off', 'onto', 'or', 'out', 'over', 'per', 'so', 'than', 'the', 'to', 'unto', 'upon', 'van', 'via', 'von', 'with', 'yet'); // , 'up' // $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'but', 'de', 'nor', 'of', 'or', 'per', 'the', 'van', 'via', 'von'); // minimal $s = flatten_whitespace($s); if (strtoupper($s) == $s) $s = ucwords($s); // disallow ALL CAPS TITLES (shouting) $s = preg_replace("/\b(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", 'in_array(strtolower("\1"), $GLOBALS["lc"]) ? strtolower("\1") : (strtoupper("\1") == "\1" ? "\1" : ucfirst(strtolower("\1")));', $s); // words in list to lower, else Capitalize unless ALL-CAPS $s = preg_replace("/^(\W+)?(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", '"\1" . (strtoupper("\2") == "\2" ? "\2" : ucfirst("\2"))', $s); // Capitalize first word $s = preg_replace("/(?</code></pre> mmmmmm.... function titlecase($s) { $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'at', 'but', 'by', 'de', 'down', 'for', 'from', 'has', 'in', 'into', 'near', 'nor', 'of', 'off', 'onto', 'or', 'out', 'over', 'per', 'so', 'than', 'the', 'to', 'unto', 'upon', 'van', 'via', 'von', 'with', 'yet'); // , 'up' // $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'but', 'de', 'nor', 'of', 'or', 'per', 'the', 'van', 'via', 'von'); // minimal $s = flatten_whitespace($s); if (strtoupper($s) == $s) $s = ucwords($s); // disallow ALL CAPS TITLES (shouting) $s = preg_replace("/\b(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", 'in_array(strtolower("\1"), $GLOBALS["lc"]) ? strtolower("\1") : (strtoupper("\1") == "\1" ? "\1" : ucfirst(strtolower("\1")));', $s); // words in list to lower, else Capitalize unless ALL-CAPS $s = preg_replace("/^(\W+)?(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", '"\1" . (strtoupper("\2") == "\2" ? "\2" : ucfirst("\2"))', $s); // Capitalize first word $s = preg_replace("/(?

mmmmmm….

]]> By: ddzoom http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-227962 ddzoom Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:58:42 +0000 1274596269#comment-227962 part 2...<pre><code class="html"> // Capitalize last word $s = preg_replace("/(?</code></pre> part 2… 
 // Capitalize last word
 $s = preg_replace("/(?

]]> By: ddzoom http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-227960 ddzoom Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:55:34 +0000 1274596269#comment-227960 try again... <pre><code class="html">function titlecase($s) { $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'but', 'de', 'nor', 'of', 'or', 'per', 'the', 'van', 'via', 'von'); // minimal $s = flatten_whitespace($s); // disallow ALL CAPS TITLES (shouting) if (strtoupper($s) == $s) $s = ucwords($s); // words in list to lower, else Capitalize unless ALL-CAPS $s = preg_replace("/\b(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", 'in_array(strtolower("\1"), $GLOBALS["lc"]) ? strtolower("\1") : (strtoupper("\1") == "\1" ? "\1" : ucfirst(strtolower("\1")));', $s); // Capitalize first word $s = preg_replace("/^(\W+)?(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", '"\1" . (strtoupper("\2") == "\2" ? "\2" : ucfirst("\2"))', $s); // Capitalize last word $s = preg_replace("/(?</code></pre> try again…

function titlecase($s) {
 $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'but', 'de', 'nor', 'of', 'or', 'per', 'the', 'van', 'via', 'von'); // minimal
 $s = flatten_whitespace($s);

 // disallow ALL CAPS TITLES (shouting)
 if (strtoupper($s) == $s) $s = ucwords($s);

 // words in list to lower, else Capitalize unless ALL-CAPS
 $s = preg_replace("/\b(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", 'in_array(strtolower("\1"), $GLOBALS["lc"]) ? strtolower("\1") : (strtoupper("\1") == "\1" ? "\1" : ucfirst(strtolower("\1")));',
 $s);

 // Capitalize first word
 $s = preg_replace("/^(\W+)?(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", '"\1" . (strtoupper("\2") == "\2" ? "\2" : ucfirst("\2"))',
 $s);

 // Capitalize last word
 $s = preg_replace("/(?
]]> By: ddzoom http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-227959 ddzoom Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:53:32 +0000 1274596269#comment-227959 I spent an afternoon playing with this, and I'm sorry but your approach seems to be <em>way</em> too simplistic. The following code gets a little closer, splitting words at (non-apostophe) boundaries... <pre><code class="html">function flatten_whitespace($s) { return preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $s); } // util function titlecase($s) { $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'at', 'but', 'by', 'de', 'down', 'for', 'from', 'has', 'in', 'into', 'near', 'nor', 'of', 'off', 'onto', 'or', 'out', 'over', 'per', 'so', 'than', 'the', 'to', 'unto', 'upon', 'van', 'via', 'von', 'with', 'yet'); // , 'up' // $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'but', 'de', 'nor', 'of', 'or', 'per', 'the', 'van', 'via', 'von'); // minimal $s = flatten_whitespace($s); // disallow ALL CAPS TITLES (shouting) if (strtoupper($s) == $s) $s = ucwords($s); // words in list to lower, else Capitalize unless ALLCAPS $s = preg_replace("/\b(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", 'in_array(strtolower("\1"), $GLOBALS["lc"]) ? strtolower("\1") : (strtoupper("\1") == "\1" ? "\1" : ucfirst(strtolower("\1")));', $s); // Capitalize first word $s = preg_replace("/^(\W+)?(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", '"\1" . (strtoupper("\2") == "\2" ? "\2" : ucfirst("\2"))', $s); // Capitalize last word $s = preg_replace("/(?</code></pre> I spent an afternoon playing with this, and I’m sorry but your approach seems to be way too simplistic.

The following code gets a little closer, splitting words at (non-apostophe) boundaries…

function flatten_whitespace($s) { return preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $s); } // util

function titlecase($s) {
 $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'at', 'but', 'by', 'de', 'down', 'for', 'from', 'has', 'in', 'into', 'near', 'nor', 'of', 'off', 'onto', 'or', 'out', 'over', 'per', 'so', 'than', 'the', 'to', 'unto', 'upon', 'van', 'via', 'von', 'with', 'yet'); // , 'up'
 // $GLOBALS['lc'] = array('a', 'an', 'and', 'as', 'but', 'de', 'nor', 'of', 'or', 'per', 'the', 'van', 'via', 'von'); // minimal
 $s = flatten_whitespace($s);

 // disallow ALL CAPS TITLES (shouting)
 if (strtoupper($s) == $s) $s = ucwords($s);

 // words in list to lower, else Capitalize unless ALLCAPS
 $s = preg_replace("/\b(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", 'in_array(strtolower("\1"), $GLOBALS["lc"]) ? strtolower("\1") : (strtoupper("\1") == "\1" ? "\1" : ucfirst(strtolower("\1")));',
 $s);

 // Capitalize first word
 $s = preg_replace("/^(\W+)?(['\w]+?)(?!['\w])/e", '"\1" . (strtoupper("\2") == "\2" ? "\2" : ucfirst("\2"))',
 $s);

 // Capitalize last word
 $s = preg_replace("/(?
]]> By: Gian Luca http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-194776 Gian Luca Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:06:59 +0000 1274596269#comment-194776 What about hyphenated words like: "A client-centered approach" Aren't you supposed to capitalize each portion of the hyphenated word? What about hyphenated words like: “A client-centered approach”

Aren’t you supposed to capitalize each portion of the hyphenated word?

]]> By: codegreen http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-192071 codegreen Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:42:04 +0000 1274596269#comment-192071 Awesome... thanks guys for several good solutions. Awesome… thanks guys for several good solutions.

]]> By: Nood http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-169739 Nood Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:10:22 +0000 1274596269#comment-169739 Why such a long function just to do this! function titleCase ($str) { return ucwords(strtolower($str)); } Why such a long function just to do this!

function titleCase ($str) {
return ucwords(strtolower($str));
}

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/03/15/title-case-in-php/#comment-110928 Anonymous Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:43:03 +0000 1274596269#comment-110928 The comment I just posted got clipped. Please ignore. The comment I just posted got clipped. Please ignore.

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