PHP strtolower() Function

The strtolower() function is used to convert a string into lowercase.

Syntax:

string strtolower( $string )

Parameters:

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: geeksforgeeks

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:

Example 1:

Output:

geeksforgeeks

Example 2:

Output:

going back he saw this 123$#%

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