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PHP: ucfirst() function

Description

The ucfirst() function is used to convert the first character of a string to uppercase.

Version:

(PHP 4 and above)

Syntax:

ucfirst(string_name)

Parameter:

Name Description Required /
Optional		 Type
string_name The input string. Required String

Return value:

Returns the modified string.

Value Type: String.

Pictorial Presentation

string_ucfirst

Example: 

<?php
$string_name='welcome to w3resource.com';
$string_name=ucfirst($string_name);
echo $string_name;
?>

Output :

Welcome to w3resource.com

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See also

PHP Function Reference

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PHP: Tips of the Day

Float

Example:

$float = 0.123;

For historical reasons "double" is returned by gettype() in case of a float, and not simply "float"

Floats are floating point numbers, which allow more output precision than plain integers.

Floats and integers can be used together due to PHP's loose casting of variable types:

$sum = 3 + 0.14;
echo $sum;

Output:

3.14

php does not show float as float number like other languages, for example:

$var = 1;
echo ((float) $var);

Output:

1