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+<?php defined('SYSPATH') OR die('No direct access allowed.');
+/**
+ * utf8::ucfirst
+ *
+ * @package Core
+ * @author Kohana Team
+ * @copyright (c) 2007 Kohana Team
+ * @copyright (c) 2005 Harry Fuecks
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt
+ */
+function _ucfirst($str)
+{
+ if (utf8::is_ascii($str))
+ return ucfirst($str);
+
+ preg_match('/^(.?)(.*)$/us', $str, $matches);
+ return utf8::strtoupper($matches[1]).$matches[2];
+}
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