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How to convert a string to uppercase in PHP?

convert string to uppercase

The strtoupper() is one of the most popular functions of PHP, which is widely used to convert the string into uppercase. It takes a string as a parameter and converts all lowercase English character of that string to uppercase. Other characters such as numbers and special characters of the string remain the same. PHP 4+ versions support this function.

Hint: Use the PHP strtoupper() function

Syntax

strtoupper($string) 

Parameters

$string (required): This is a mandatory parameter of this function which specifies a string to convert into uppercase. In simple words – it is a string which is converted into uppercase.

Return Value

It returns converted uppercase string.

Example

You can use the PHP strtoupper() function to convert a string to uppercase. Let’s check out the following example to understand how this function actually works:

<?php
$my_str = 'Learn, Share and Grow Your Coding Skills';
echo strtoupper($my_str);
?> 

Output

LEARN, SHARE AND GROW YOUR CODING SKILLS 

There are some other functions in PHP which are similar to the strtoupper() function:

Related PHP functions

  • strtolower() – It converts a string into lowercase.
  • lcfirst() – It converts the first character of a string into lowercase.
  • ucfirst() – It converts the first character of a string into uppercase.
  • ucwords() – It converts the first character of each word in a string into uppercase.
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