So this is my code for the first_name. I have no clue why it does not work whenever I add an entry.
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?php function convertString($first_name){
$first_name=htmlentities(strip_tags($first_name));
$lowercaseFName = strtolower($first_name);
$ucFName = ucwords($lowercaseFName);
return $ucFName;} ?>"/> // I changed it with echo but nothing changed.
My code doesn't change the format of the text.I tried inputting in all caps and it will show as is. Am I missing something or doing it wrong?
The inputted text if all in capital must still be shown as Camel Case format in the table, like this:
First Name: MARIA YLONA (in the form)
First Name: Maria Ylona (in the table) - this is another .php file for viewing of the data entries
Seeing you didn't post your html form or how it's used, am submitting the following as a successful piece of code and using !empty() against a POST array with form tags and an isset() for the submit input.
Btw, functions and variables assignments should be used seperately than in inputs/form elements.
Create a function, then pass it inside the input with the parameter.
<?php
function convertString($first_name){
$first_name=htmlentities(strip_tags($first_name));
$lowercaseFName = strtolower($first_name);
$ucFName = ucwords($lowercaseFName);
return $ucFName;
}
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
if(!empty($_POST['first_name'])){
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
}
}
// here initialize $first_name to something meaningful
?>
<form method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?php echo(convertString($first_name)) ?>"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Footnotes:
In regards to what Marc mentioned about McDonald's -> mcdonald's -> Mcdonald's and my MacDonald in comments...
Consult the following here on Stack which may prove to be useful:
You mention the use of a database, but haven't posted relative code and would be beyond the scope of the question.
To clarify what aynber meant in the comments:
<?php
function convertString($first_name){
$first_name=htmlentities(strip_tags($first_name));
$lowercaseFName = strtolower($first_name);
$ucFName = ucwords($lowercaseFName);
return $ucFName;
}
// here initialize $first_name to something meaningful
?>
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" value="<?php echo(convertString($first_name)) ?>"/>