U can try this:
function fNme($n){
$tN=count($n=explode(' ',strtolower($n)));
$nR='';
for($i=0;$i<$tN;$i++){if($i==0){$nR.=strlen($n[$i])>3?ucwords($n[$i]):$n[$i]
;}else{$nR.=strlen($n[$i])>3?' '.ucwords($n[$i]):' '.$n[$i];}}
return $nR;
}
echo fNme('aaaaa aaa aaaaaa aa aaaa');
And also make an array inside this function for exceptions like 'vander' or
other words which the srtlen is > 3.
Zechim
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De: phphelp -- kbk [mailto:phph...@comcast.net]
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 16 de julho de 2009 15:00
Para: PHP General List
Assunto: [PHP] Case Conversion of US Person Names
Hi, All -- -- - -
I occasionally find myself in need of a utility to do case conversion
of people's names, especially when I am converting data from an old
to a new system. This is the first such occasion in PHP.
I know about ucwords() and mb_convert_case(). They do not accommodate
names with "middle" capitalization.
Does anybody have such a utility to share, or know of one posted by
someone "out there" that you have used?
I am not looking for perfection -- I know that such is not possible.
I just want to pick off the easy ones -- Mc, Mac, O', de, de la, van,
vander, van der, d' and others like that. I see some novel attempts
to do parts of this on the PHP ucwords() "User Notes" area, but I bet
someone out there has something more comprehensive. I'd rather not
"roll my own" as I have done in other languages.
I have Googled without success.
Many thanks,
Ken
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