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  1. The strtoupper function is a built-in function in PHP that converts all characters in a string to uppercase letters.<\/li>\n
  2. This function will not alter numbers or special characters within the string, only converting letter characters to uppercase.<\/li>\n
  3. The strtoupper function is language-independent, meaning it will convert alphabetic characters to uppercase regardless of the current language environment.<\/li>\n
  4. This function returns the transformed string without altering the original string.<\/li>\n
  5. The strtoupper function is case-insensitive, meaning it can convert a string to all uppercase regardless of whether it contains lowercase letters in the original string.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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