how to convert camel case to upper english words in php

Question

I have different strings that are function names like

createWebsiteManagementUsers

I want to change them into

Create Website Mangement Users

How can i achieve that in PHP?

You can preg replace capitals with space followed by match and then capitalize the first letter — pvg, Mar 08 '17 at 07:11
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4519739/split-camelcase-word-into-words-with-php-preg-match-regular-expression — Nodir Rashidov, Mar 08 '17 at 07:13

Anant Kumar Singh · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-10T10:37:59.287

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You can use ucwords():-

echo ucwords($string);

Output:- https://3v4l.org/sCiEJ

Note:- In your expected outcome spaces comes? Do you want that too?

If Yes then use:-

echo ucwords(implode(' ',preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/', 'createWebsiteManagementUsers')));

Example with Output:- https://3v4l.org/v3KUK

edited Jul 10 '20 at 10:37

answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:06

Anant Kumar Singh

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:12

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Use below code to solve:

$String = 'createWebsiteManagementUsers';
$Words = preg_replace('/(?<!\ )[A-Z]/', ' $0', $String);
echo ucwords($Words);

//output will be Create Website Mangement Users

answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:12

Sagar Arora

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Don't need to escape the space - `'/(? – James Jul 10 '20 at 03:24

Dipali Sakle Systematix · Answer 3 · 2017-03-08T07:15:05.117

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try this

$data = preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/', 'createWebsiteManagementUsers');

$string = implode(' ', $data);

echo ucwords($string);

output will be

Create Website Management Users

edited Mar 08 '17 at 07:15

answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:10

Dipali Sakle Systematix

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I also need the spaces in between. – Ali Zia Mar 08 '17 at 07:10

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:15

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Here is what you need. This has the spaces as well!

function parseCamelCase($camelCaseString){
    $words_splited = preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/',$camelCaseString);
    $words_capitalized = array_map("ucfirst", $words_splited);
    return implode(" ", $words_capitalized);
}

Thanks

answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:15

masterFly

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Don't worry i'll follow up on the promise :) – Hanky Panky Mar 08 '17 at 07:20

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:38

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function camelCaseToString($string)
{
    $pieces = preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/',$string);
    $word = implode(" ", $pieces);
    return ucwords($word);
}

$name = "createWebsiteManagementUsers";
echo camelCaseToString($name);

answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:38

yetanothersourav

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:11

May be you can try something like this

//Split words with Capital letters
$pieces = preg_split('/(?=[A-Z])/', 'createWebsiteManagementUsers');

$string = implode(' ', $pieces);

echo ucwords($string);

//You will get your desire output Create Website Management Users

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:13

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Try this:

preg_match_all('/((?:^|[A-Z])[a-z]+)/',$str,$matches);

answered Mar 08 '17 at 07:13

Hiren Makwana

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