convert snake case to ucfirst code example

Example 1: php function to convert string to camelcase

echo ucwords("hello world");

Example 2: php string underscore into camelcase

function dashesToCamelCase($string, $capitalizeFirstCharacter = false) 
{

    $str = str_replace(' ', '', ucwords(str_replace('-', ' ', $string)));

    if (!$capitalizeFirstCharacter) {
        $str[0] = strtolower($str[0]);
    }

    return $str;
}

echo dashesToCamelCase('this-is-a-string');