Check if a field is capitalized?

Question

I want to check the if the first letter of a field is capitalized.

Example:

If (First Name field) is capitalized {

Capitalized!

} else {

Not Capitalized!

}

Thanks

Thank you

not a specific wordpress question; possibly try the other suggestions, but with php.net/manual/en/function.ucfirst.php

One Trick Pony · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-09 15:44:46Z

up vote 1 down vote accepted

$field = 'First Name';

if(ucwords($field) !== $field){
 // not capitalized

}else{
 // capitalized

}

see ucwords()

answered Nov 9 '11 at 15:44

One Trick Pony
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	Thanks One Trick Pony, I'll try it out! – user1893 Nov 9 '11 at 15:56
	I ran your solution in a loop that goes through all the users, but the didn't want to use the else statement. And for some reason when I set $field = get_user_meta($user->ID, 'display_name', true); I get a list of all the users and this indicates that the field is not capitalized. It should only show the users with the "display_name" not capitalized. Do you know what's wrong? – user1893 Nov 9 '11 at 16:48
	It seems to work now, but I used the "nickname" field instead of "display_name." I think because the display name is based on the nickname by default (dynamically) I wasn't able to tell if it was capital or not. Using a field with a preexisting value the function worked. Thanks! – user1893 Nov 9 '11 at 17:27

David Gard · Answer 2 · 2011-11-09 15:45:53Z

up vote 1 down vote

Use this to check the first letter of each word -

if(ucwords($name) === $name) :
    { First letter is capitalised }
else :
    $name = ucwords($name);
endif;

Or you can use ucfirst() for only the first letter of the field.

If you know for sure that you wan't it in upercase though, you don't have to worry about the check, just run do $name = ucwords($name); and PHP wont do anything if it does not need to.

answered Nov 9 '11 at 15:45

David Gard
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	Thanks for the help David! – user1893 Nov 9 '11 at 16:01
	After running the your if statement, I get results that show that all of the users' field is not capitalized and I don't understand why is that... – user1893 Nov 9 '11 at 16:56
	Figured out the problem. I needed to use a field an existing value in it. I used the nickname instead of display_name (as I was using in my code). Thanks a lot. – user1893 Nov 9 '11 at 17:29
	You are welcome. – David Gard Nov 10 '11 at 17:11

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