RE: [PHP] European VAT number / sales tax number validation

Hi Stefen, I think you'd have to contact all the various tax authorities from the EU member states as each number format is different. The only common thing is that they are prefixed with the country code ie GB-459599490 or B-393994994 etc HTH Mark Wilkinson > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefen Lars [mailto:stefenlars@hotmail.com] > Sent: 31 August 2000 15:55 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] European VAT number / sales tax number validation > > > Hello all > > I am currently working on a European ordering system for a piece of > software. I stress the word 'European', as customers living > in Europe who > state their VAT/sales tax number are entitled to purchase this firm's > software without having to pay for sales tax. > > Now, the questions is, does anyone know of a way to: > > Step #1: Check the syntax of a European sales tax number > Step #2: Check to see whether it really exists and belongs > to the company ordering the software. > > I know step #2 is quite a tall order, but any help with step > #1 would be > greatly received! > > Thanks. > > Stefen > > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net