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# capitalize

This is used to capitalize the first letter of all words in a variable.

This is similar to the PHP [`ucwords()`](https://www.php.net/ucwords)

function.

## Basic usage

```smarty

{$myVar|capitalize}

```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type    | Required | Description                                                                                           |

|-----------|---------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| 1         | boolean | No       | This determines whether or not words with digits will be uppercased                                   |

| 2         | boolean | No       | This determines whether or not Capital letters within words should be lowercased, e.g. "aAa" to "Aaa" |

## Examples

```php

<?php

    $smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'next x-men film, x3, delayed.');

```

Where the template is:

```smarty

    {$articleTitle}

    {$articleTitle|capitalize}

    {$articleTitle|capitalize:true}

```

Will output:

```

    next x-men film, x3, delayed.

    Next X-Men Film, x3, Delayed.

    Next X-Men Film, X3, Delayed.

```

See also [`lower`](language-modifier-lower.md) and

[`upper`](language-modifier-upper.md)