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mb_lcfirst

(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

mb_lcfirst — Make a string's first character lowercase

Description

mb_lcfirst(string $string, ?string $encoding = null): string

Performs a multi-byte safe lcfirst() operation, and returns a string with the first character of string lowercased.

Parameters

string
The input string.
encoding

The encoding parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted or null, the internal character encoding value will be used.

Return Values

Returns the resulting string.

See Also

  • mb_ucfirst() - Make a string's first character uppercase
  • lcfirst() - Make a string's first character lowercase

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-lcfirst.php