How to convert the first letter of a String to lowercase in PHP

By Atul Rai | Last Updated: April 4, 2022 Previous

In PHP, lcfirst(string $string) is the inbuilt function to convert the first letter of a String to lowercase. And lcfirst(string $string) function is available from PHP 5.3.0+ version.

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<?php

	$str1 = 'Ramayan';
	$str1 = lcfirst($str1);      
	echo $str1;                 // ramayan

	$str2 = 'GEETA';
	$str2 = lcfirst($str2);            
	echo $str2;                 // gEETA
	
	$str3 = '@Ramayan';
	$str3 = lcfirst($str3);             
	echo $str3;                 // @Ramayan
	
?>