PHP lcfirst() Function: Description, Parameters, Return Value, and Examples

This article explains the PHP lcfirst() function, detailing its purpose of lowercasing the first character of a string, the required $str parameter, the returned value, and provides clear code examples demonstrating its usage with different input strings.

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PHP lcfirst() Function: Description, Parameters, Return Value, and Examples

lcfirst() converts the first character of a string to lowercase.

Parameter: $str – the string to be transformed.

Return value: the input string with its first character lowercased if it is a letter.

Example:

echo lcfirst('Hello World'); // hello World
echo lcfirst('HELLO WORLD'); // hELLO WORLD
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