Re: Regular Expression for a UK mobile phone number

Thanks for your reply, but the number cannot be out side the UK or contain spaces, leading zeros, brackets or dashes "Jochem Maas" <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote in message news:4075A580.7050401@iamjochem.com... > you should also be considering spaces, leading zeros, brackets, dashes & > international notation. > > /^(((\+|00)[- ]?[0-9]{2,3}[- ]?(\(0\))?[- > ]?[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1,})|(0[1-9]{1}[0-9]{1,}))[- ]?(([0-9]{7,})|([0-9]{3}[ > -]{1}[0-9]{4}))$/ > > line-wrapping is unintentional, no garantees as to how good it is. > > Shaun wrote: > > > "Michal Migurski" <mike@saturn5.com> wrote in message > > news:Pine.GSO.4.52.0404080955310.25459@atari... > > > >>>I am trying to create a regular expression for a mobile phone number. The > >>>number must be 12 digits long(0-9) and begin with 447 and have no spaces. > >>>So far I have come up with this but it keeps telling me the number is > >>>invalid even when its correct! > >> > >>Try this: > >> > >>$regexp = "/447[0-9]{9}/"; > >> if($_POST[mobile_number] != ''){ > >> if(!preg_match( $regexp, $_POST[mobile_number] )){ > >> $error = "Invalid Mobile Number"; > >> > > > > header("Location:edit_rep.php?error=$error&rep_id=".$_GET[rep_id]."&client_i > > d=".$_GET[client_id]."&rep_name=".$_GET[rep_name]."&client_name=".$_GET[clie > > nt_name].""); > > > >> exit; > >> } > >>} > >> > >>Also, your regexp is a little permissive; you can anchor it like so: > >> > >>$regexp = "/^447[0-9]{9}$/"; > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: > >>sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html > > > > > > Thanks for your reply Michal, > > > > but the regular expression still seems to reject the number... > >