PHP capitalize after dash

Question

$q = durham-region;

$q = ucfirst($q);

$q = Durham-region;

How would I capitalize the letter after the dash (Durham-Region)? Would I have to spli

Answer 1

It is important to note that the solutions provided here will not work with UTF-8 strings!

$str = "Τάχιστη αλώπηξ βαφής ψημένη γη, δρασκελίζει-υπέρ νωθρού κυνός";
$str = explode('-', mb_convert_case( $str, MB_CASE_TITLE ) );
$str = implode('-', array_map('mb_convert_case', $str, array(MB_CASE_TITLE, "UTF-8")) );
echo $str;

// str= Τάχιστη Αλώπηξ Βαφήσ Ψημένη Γη, Δρασκελίζει-Υπέρ Νωθρού Κυνόσ