Using Trim Function, create lower, capitalize the string of data

code to paste:

<?php

//* put php code to connect database* //

// We preform a bit of filtering
$search = strtoupper($search);
$search = strip_tags($search);
$search = trim ($search);

//Now we search for our search term, in the field the user specified
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM personal WHERE upper($lastname) LIKE'%$search%'");

//And we display the results
while($result = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
{
echo $result['lastname'];
echo " ";
echo $result['firstname'];
echo "<br>";
echo $result['mi'];
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
echo $result['age'];
echo "<br>";
echo "<br>";
}
?>