ucwords

FunctionParams and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Uppercase the first character of each word in a string.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

ucwords Function synopsis

ucwords(string $string, string $separators = " \t\r\n\f\v"): string

Parameters

$string

Typestring

The input string.

$separators

OptionalTypestringDefault value" \t\r\n\f\v"

The optional $separators contains the word separator characters.

Return value

Typestring

Returns the modified string.

Changes to the ucwords Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $str to $string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string
  • Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $delimiters to $separators
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($separators): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($separators): " \t\r\n\f\v"
- ucwords($str, $delimiters)
+ ucwords(string $string, string $separators = " \t\r\n\f\v"): string

PHP 5.4

  • Optional parameter added - #2: $delimiters
- ucwords($str)
+ ucwords($str, $delimiters)

ucwords Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes