ucfirst Not Working On explode() Query

[veeps]

I need to figure out how to take string “$items”, explode it into parts, and capitalize the first letter of each individual result, instead of just the first letter of the original string. Thanks in advance!

[php]//this falls under category $category_name

if($item_list) {
//get list and make radio options
$items = explode(’,’,$item_list); ?>

Choose one:


<?php
//PROBLEM BEGINS HERE, I THINK
foreach($items as $option) { ?>
<input type=“radio” name"<?php echo $category_name.'_optn'; ?>" value="<?php echo $option; ?>" id="<?php echo "sub_".$option; ?>">
<?php echo ucfirst($option); ?>
<?php /*--------
the above ucfirst($option) returns each option individually as intended, but ucfirst only applies to the first letter of the original string $items */
}//end foreach
?>

<?php } //end if ?>[/php]

[veeps]

If figured it out, sort of. I was able to create the intended result by creating an array with the original result, so that each result stores its own increment-x:
[php]//this falls under category $category_name

if($item_list) {
//get list and make radio options
$items = explode(’,’,$item_list); ?>

Choose one:


<?php
//separate items
foreach($items as $option) {
/* ----------- NEW CODE --------------- /
//give separate items their own identity
$si = is_array($option)?$option:trim($option);
//now give ucfirst
$good_optn = ucfirst($si);
/ ------------- NOW it’s ready to play nicely below ------------*/
?>
<input type=“radio” name"<?php echo $category_name.'_optn'; ?>" value="<?php echo $option; ?>" id="<?php echo "sub_".$option; ?>">
<?php echo $good_optn; ?>
<?php
}//end foreach
?>

<?php } //end if ?>[/php]

[Q1712]

your solusion doesnt seem to make any difrence, unless you removed some code:
$option can’t ever be an array as it is an element of explode
so $good_optn is just ucfirst(trim($option)).
therefore the only diffrence is trim()

to me it still sounds like u only need ucwords()

but i’d like to know the data in $item_list

[veeps]

Damn! Q1712 was right. It had nothing to do with whether or not it was an array, as was what my initial thoughts were.

trim() seemed to fix the problem itself. I think the reason it was only working on the first word of the entire $item_list string (ie. the very first $option only) was because the first character of each ensuing string was a space. So, trimming off the whitespace took care of that without any more coding needed.

More on the subject:
$item_list is a list made up of 3 or more words, separated by a comma. For example: “Wadded up paper”, “lizards on a log”, etc.

The idea was to make only the first letter (not the first letter of each word) of each string ($option) capital, so as to read uniformly without being overwrought with capitals - so not ucwords().

Thanks!!!