The strtolower Function

The strtolower function converts a string to lowercase. Works correctly only with Latin characters (single-byte characters).

Syntax

phpstrtolower(string $string): string

Example

Let's convert a string to lowercase:

php<?php
  echo strtolower('ABCDE');
?>

Code execution result:

php'abcde'

See Also

  • the strtoupper function,
    which converts a string to uppercase
  • the ucfirst function,
    which converts the first character to uppercase
  • the lcfirst function,
    which converts the first character to lowercase
  • the ucwords function,
    which converts the first letters of words to uppercase