Rewrite value from form data

From: Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:44:46 +0000
Subject: Rewrite value from form data
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I have a form with a field for a telephone number. I would like to either apply some kind of formatting to force format of XXX-XXX-XXXX or rewrite after submit to insert - in 3 and 5 (or 6). Here is what I have for code: --Form- <td>Home Phone:</td> <td><input type="text" name="home_phone" id="home_phone" size="15" tabindex="8" /></td> handler.php $home = $_POST['home_phone' I have tried str_replace() however im not using it correctly or it is not the correct string to use for this

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