String Functions
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lcfirst

Make a string's first character lowercase

Description

string lcfirst(string $string)

Returns a string with the first character of string lowercased if that character is an ASCII character in the range "A" (0x41) to "Z" (0x5a).

Parameters

string

The input string.

Return Values

Returns the resulting string.

Changelog

Version Description
8.2.0 Case conversion no longer depends on the locale set with setlocale. Only ASCII characters will be converted.

Examples

Example #1 lcfirst example

<?php
$foo = 'HelloWorld';
$foo = lcfirst($foo);             // helloWorld

$bar = 'HELLO WORLD!';
$bar = lcfirst($bar);             // hELLO WORLD!
$bar = lcfirst(strtoupper($bar)); // hELLO WORLD!
?>

See Also

  • ucfirst
  • strtolower
  • strtoupper
  • ucwords