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October 19, 2011 09:57
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Convert strings to title case
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function title_case($string, $delimiters = array(" ", "-", "O'"), $exceptions = array("to", "a", "the", "of", "by", "and", "with", 'it', 'as', "for")) { | |
/* | |
* Exceptions in lower case are words you don't want converted | |
* Exceptions all in upper case are any words you don't want converted to title case | |
* but should be converted to upper case, e.g.: | |
* king henry viii or king henry Viii should be King Henry VIII | |
*/ | |
foreach ($delimiters as $delimiter){ | |
$words = explode($delimiter, $string); | |
$newwords = array(); | |
foreach ($words as $word){ | |
if (in_array(strtoupper($word), $exceptions)){ | |
// check exceptions list for any words that should be in upper case | |
$word = strtoupper($word); | |
} elseif (!in_array($word, $exceptions)){ | |
// convert to uppercase | |
$word = ucfirst($word); | |
} | |
array_push($newwords, $word); | |
} | |
$string = join($delimiter, $newwords); | |
} | |
return $string; | |
} |
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