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+<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.');
+/**
+ * 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];
+}
+\ No newline at end of file