(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
lcfirst — Make a string's first character lowercase
lcfirst(string $string): string
Returns a string with the first character of string lowercased if that character is an ASCII character in the range "A" (0x41) to "Z" (0x5a).
stringThe input string.
Returns the resulting string.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.2.0 | Case conversion no longer depends on the locale set with setlocale(). Only ASCII characters will be converted. |
Example #1 lcfirst() example
<?php $foo = 'HelloWorld'; echo lcfirst($foo), PHP_EOL; // helloWorld $bar = 'HELLO WORLD!'; echo lcfirst($bar), PHP_EOL; // hELLO WORLD! echo lcfirst(strtoupper($bar)), PHP_EOL; // hELLO WORLD! ?>
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