Re: Re: Regex for telephone numbers
| From: | Al | Date: | Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:15:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Regex for telephone numbers | ||
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On 12/31/2010 11:10 AM, ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote:
Erm, you say regex is overkill, then use one in your example! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk ----- Reply message ----- From: "Al"<news@ridersite.org> Date: Fri, Dec 31, 2010 15:53 Subject: [PHP] Re: Regex for telephone numbers To:<php-db@lists.php.net>,<php-general@lists.php.net> On 12/29/2010 7:12 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:Save and use the resultant $phoneNum; It is all that needs to be saved and used. Dashes, spaces and () are superfluous. Only the 10 digits are required for his application.Dear List - Thank you for all your help in the past. Here is another one.... I would like to have a regex which would validate that a telephone number is in the format xxx-xxx-xxxx. Thanks. Ethan MySQL 5.1 PHP 5 Linux [Debian (sid)]Regex is over-kill. $phoneNum = preg_replace("%\D%", '', $phoneNum);//Remove everything except digits $phoneNum = ltrim($phoneNum,'1');//Remove leading 1s if(strlen($phoneValue) != 10){throw new Exception("Phone number must be 10 digits, without leading a 1. Check your entry carefull");}