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PHP strtolower() Function

The strtolower() function is used to convert a string into lowercase. This function takes a string as parameter and converts all the uppercase english alphabets present in the string to lowercase. All other numeric characters or special characters in the string remains unchanged.

Syntax:

string strtolower( $string )

Parameter: The only parameter to this function is a string that is to be converted to lower case.

Return value: This function returns a string in which all the alphabets are lower case.

Examples:

Input : $str  = "GeeksForGeeks"
        strtolower($str)
Output: neveropen

Input : $str  = "going BACK he SAW THIS 123$#%"
        strtolower($str)
Output: going back he saw this 123$#%

Below programs illustrate the strtolower() function in PHP:

Program 1:




<?php
  
// original string
$str = "GeeksForGeeks";
  
// string converted to lower case
$resStr = strtolower($str);
  
print_r($resStr);
  
?>


Output:

neveropen

Program 2:




<?php
  
// original string
$str = "going BACK he SAW THIS 123$#%";
  
// string converted to lower case
$resStr = strtolower($str);
  
print_r($resStr);
  
?>


Output:

going back he saw this 123$#%

Reference:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtolower.php

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed specifically for web development. You can learn PHP from the ground up by following this PHP Tutorial and PHP Examples.

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