Re: Credit card number checker?

> What companies issue card numbers that are not 16 numbers? Are > they non-US cards? I haven't ever seen a card that wasn't 16 numbers. A valid VISA card has between 13-16 digits. I believe AMERICAN EXPRESS only has 15 digits. -john __________John Monfort_________________ _+-----------------------------------+_ P E P I E D E S I G N S www.pepiedesigns.com "The world is waiting, are you ready?" -+___________________________________+- On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Christopher Ostmo wrote: > Ashley M. Kirchner pressed the little lettered thingies in this order... > > > Christopher Ostmo wrote: > > > > > By law, the numbers are supposed to be > > > generated at random and not generated by any kind of algorithm or > > > formula. > > > > CC# must pass the Luhn MOD 10 formula, so the generated numbers can't > > be > > (totally) random - they have to conform to the formula. > > > > I just responded to this separately... Basically, my earlier research on > the issue must have been wrong. > > > Also, not all credit cards have 16 numbers. > > > > > Christopher Ostmo > a.k.a. tech@AppIdeas.com > AppIdeas.com > Innovative Application Ideas > Meeting cutting edge dynamic > web site needs since the > dawn of Internet time (1995) > > For a good time, > http://www.AppIdeas.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 > >