strtoupper function to convert Lowercase char to Upper case letters

strtoupper() to change all lower to uppercase characters

$my_str="Hello welcome to plus2net.com";
$my_str=strtoupper($my_str);
echo $my_str;

Above code output will be

HELLO WELCOME TO PLUS2NET.COM

Syntax

$val=strtoupper($input_sting);

We can use strtoupper() function in PHP to change all the alphabetic characters to uppercase. This simple function takes one string as input and changes the characters present inside to uppercase.
Here is an example code.

DEMO

Example 2: Converting User Input to Uppercase for Case-Insensitive Comparison

When comparing user input, converting both inputs to uppercase ensures case-insensitivity:

$input = "hello";
if (strtoupper($input) === strtoupper("HELLO")) {
    echo "Inputs match!";
}

Example 3: Converting Multibyte Characters to Uppercase

For handling multibyte characters, use *mb_strtoupper()* instead:

$str = "élève";
echo mb_strtoupper($str); // Outputs: ÉLÈVE

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