Re: Checking Phone Numbers
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:45:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Checking Phone Numbers | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 08:38 -0700, Kevin Murphy wrote:
> I collect phone numbers via a web form that breaks the phone number
> up into 3 parts (3-digit area, 3-digit prefix, etc). Occasionally, I
> am having people put in a phone number such as 999-999-9999 or
> 000-000-0000 or other numbers that are all the same. How would I go
> about comparing those three fields to see if they are all the same
> numbers. I can't just exclude it anytime that the numbers all match,
> for example 444 is a valid area code. It should only fail if all the
> numbers are exactly the same.
>
> All the processes I've come up with seem to be rather convoluted. Is
> there a simple way to test for this?
<?php
$number = $field1.$field2.$field3;
$digit = (int)substr( $number, 0, 1 );
if( ereg( '^'.$digit.'+$', $number ) )
{
echo 'All the same :/';
}
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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