uppercase to lowercase vice versa

[homer.favenir]

hi,

can anyone please help me on how to make a string with asterisk as marker from uppercase to lowercase.

 

$string1 = MC*GILL U-QUEBEC, CANADA '91 ;

$string2 = U*C SAN FRANCISCO-C*A '94;

$string3 = U *OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO '71;

 

//expected output of each variables

McGill U-Quebec, Canada '91;

UC San Francisco-CA '94;

U of Illinois-Chicago '71;

 

please

 

thanks

 

 

 

[effigy]

I don't see how the asterisks play a part and I don't think you can do this without setting up various contextual patterns, e.g., one that checks for state abbreviations. If you have Perl access, you can try Text::Autoformat.

[homer.favenir]

my string has asterisk on it, and that is the way i will receive the string.

or maybe i can eliminate the asterisk and use regex uppercase function.

this will make the string in normal upper-lower.

is that right?

 

thanks

[homer.favenir]

i have problem with uppercase

$x = '23ABARQUEZ-AGCAOILI, CARMENCITA  IM  CCM PUD           U *OF *THE EAST-PHILIPPINES \'80';
echo ucfirst(strtolower($x));

it returns to lower still. it didnt change to uppercase first.

 

please advice.

 

thanks