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at July 24, 2010 02:23 by stancox
Initial Code 
<?php
 
  if (!function_exists('mb_ucfirst')) {
    function mb_ucfirst($str, $encoding = "UTF-8", $lower_str_end = false) {
      $first_letter = mb_strtoupper(mb_substr($str, 0, 1, $encoding), $encoding);
      $str_end = "";
      if ($lower_str_end) {
	$str_end = mb_strtolower(mb_substr($str, 1, mb_strlen($str, $encoding), $encoding), $encoding);
      }
      else {
	$str_end = mb_substr($str, 1, mb_strlen($str, $encoding), $encoding);
      }
      $str = $first_letter . $str_end;
      return $str;
    }
  }
 
?>
Initial URL 
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/php-mb_ucfirst-make-a-strings-first-character-uppercase-multibyte-function/
Initial Description 
HP’s ucfirst function is very usefull when you want to change words first letters to uppercase and other letters to lowercase. Currently on PHP does not have a multibyte (UTF-8) version of ucfirst function. So I decided write my own multibyte mb_ucfirst function.

Perhaps the multibyte version of ucfirst function is added later on PHP, so that’s why is better add this function only if it does not already exist.
Initial Title 
PHP mb_ucfirst Make a String’s First Character Uppercase-Multibyte (UTF-8) Function
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