Try this:
function ucSentence($str) {
$len = strlen($str);
$flagNeedUC = TRUE; // start of sentence flag
$flagTag = FALSE; // inside tag flag
$endOfSentence = array('.', '!', '?');
for ($ix = 0; $ix < $len; $ix += 1) {
if ($flagTag) {
if ('>' === $str{$ix}) { // resolve end tag
$flagTag = FALSE;
}
} else {
if (in_array($str{$ix}, $endOfSentence)) { // resolve end sentence
$flagNeedUC = TRUE;
} elseif ('<' === $str{$ix}) { // resolve start tag
$flagTag = TRUE;
} elseif (ctype_alpha($str{$ix}) && $flagNeedUC) { // resolve first char after sentence end
$flagNeedUC = FALSE;
$str{$ix} = strtoupper($str{$ix});
}
}
}
return $str;
}
echo ucSentence('<span><b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !');
It prints <span><b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b>
UPDATE especially for @w35l3y :)
I'm added passing attribute value. It recognizes several forms of attribute value which occurs in wild internet:
<tag attr="value">
, <tag attr='value'>
and <tag attr=value attr=value>
function ucSentence($str) {
$len = strlen($str);
$flagNeedUC = TRUE; // start of sentence flag
$flagTag = FALSE; // inside tag flag
$stageAttr = FALSE; // inside attribute value
$endOfSentence = array('.', '!', '?');
for ($ix = 0; $ix < $len; $ix += 1) {
if ($flagTag) {
if ($stageAttr) {
if ('=' === $stageAttr) {
if ('"' === $str{$ix}) {
$stageAttr = '"';
} elseif ('\'' === $str{$ix}) {
$stageAttr = '\'';
} else {
$stageAttr = ' >';
}
} elseif (strpos($stageAttr, $str{$ix}) !== FALSE) {
if ('>' === $str{$ix}) {
$flagTag = FALSE;
}
$stageAttr = FALSE;
}
} else {
if ('>' === $str{$ix}) { // resolve end tag
$flagTag = FALSE;
} elseif ('=' === $str{$ix}) {
$stageAttr = '=';
}
}
} else {
if (in_array($str{$ix}, $endOfSentence)) { // resolve end sentence
$flagNeedUC = TRUE;
} elseif ('<' === $str{$ix}) { // resolve start tag
$flagTag = TRUE;
} elseif (ctype_alpha($str{$ix}) && $flagNeedUC) { // resolve first char after sentence end
$flagNeedUC = FALSE;
$str{$ix} = strtoupper($str{$ix});
}
}
}
return $str;
}
$testArr = array(
'<span><b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test. <span title="jane <3 john"> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test! <span title="hover -> here"> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test <span title="jane <3 john"> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test? <span title="hover -> here"> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test <span title="hover -> here"> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test. <span title=\'hover -> here\'> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
'test. <span title=jane<3john data=jane> <b>hello. </b></span> this <b>works</b> !',
);
foreach ($testArr as $num => $testStr) {
printf("[%d] %s
", $num, ucSentence($testStr));
}
It prints:
[0] <span><b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[1] Test. <span title="jane <3 john"> <b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[2] Test! <span title="hover -> here"> <b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[3] Test <span title="jane <3 john"> <b>hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[4] Test? <span title="hover -> here"> <b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[5] Test <span title="hover -> here"> <b>hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[6] Test. <span title='hover -> here'> <b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !
[7] Test. <span title=jane<3john data=jane> <b>Hello. </b></span> This <b>works</b> !