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capitalize

This is used to capitalize the first letter of all words in a variable. This is similar to the PHP ucwords() function.

Basic usage

{$myVar|capitalize}

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description
1 boolean No This determines whether or not words with digits will be uppercased
2 boolean No This determines whether or not Capital letters within words should be lowercased, e.g. "aAa" to "Aaa"

Examples

<?php

    $smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'next x-men film, x3, delayed.');

Where the template is:

    {$articleTitle}
    {$articleTitle|capitalize}
    {$articleTitle|capitalize:true}

Will output:

    next x-men film, x3, delayed.
    Next X-Men Film, x3, Delayed.
    Next X-Men Film, X3, Delayed.

See also lower and upper