Example #1
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    $n3 = ucfirst(strtolower($n3));
    //them through a lower case method then a
    // first letter upper case method
    return $n1 . " " . $n2 . " " . $n3;
}
echo $name1 . " " . $name2 . " " . $name3 . "<br>";
echo fix_names($name1, $name2, $name3) . "<br><br>";
echo "<strong>Fixing array of names to upper case first letter round 2</strong> <br>";
function fix_names2($n1, $n2, $n3)
{
    $n1 = ucfirst(strtolower($n1));
    $n2 = ucfirst(strtolower($n2));
    $n3 = ucfirst(strtolower($n3));
    return array($n1, $n2, $n3);
}
$names = fix_names2($name1, $name2, $name3);
echo $name1 . " " . $name2 . " " . $name3 . "<br>";
echo $names[0] . " " . $names[1] . " " . $names[2] . " <br><br>";
echo "<strong>Fixing array of names to upper case first letter round 3</strong> <br>";
function fix_names3()
{
    global $name1;
    $name1 = ucfirst(strtolower($name1));
    global $name2;
    $name2 = ucfirst(strtolower($name2));
    global $name3;
    $name3 = ucfirst(strtolower($name3));
}
echo $name1 . " " . $name2 . " " . $name3 . "<br>";
fix_names3();
echo $name1 . " " . $name2 . " " . $name3 . "<br><br>";
Example #2
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<?php

/* Comparing two functions which alter variables
 * in the calling environment. The first returns an array
 * and the second declares its parameters to be global. Both
 * have the same effect.
 */
$names = fix_names1("WILLIAM", "henry", "gatES ");
echo $names[0] . " " . $names[1] . " " . $names[2] . "<br />";
fix_names2("WILLIAM", "henry", "gatES");
echo $names[0] . " " . $names[1] . " " . $names[2];
function fix_names1($n1, $n2, $n3)
{
    $n1 = ucfirst(strtolower($n1));
    $n2 = ucfirst(strtolower($n2));
    $n3 = ucfirst(strtolower($n3));
    return array($n1, $n2, $n3);
}
function fix_names2($n1, $n2, $n3)
{
    global $n1;
    $n1 = ucfirst(strtolower($n1));
    global $n2;
    $n2 = ucfirst(strtolower($n2));
    global $n3;
    $n3 = ucfirst(strtolower($n3));
}