Re: Phone Number #s Only?

actually, it removes everything from $string that is not in the range 0-9. when a ^ is the first character inside [], it negates whatever is inside. ereg_replace ("^[0-9]","",$string); would remove the first character from $string if it were in the range 0-9. on 8/2/01 6:39 PM, Martin Cameron at cameron@cameron.co.nz wrote: > Just as the solution to spray paint the m/b green made me smile, this did > too. > > This will strip out all characters except numerals at the beginning, right! > > martin Cameron > > On Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:52, you wrote: >> on 8/2/01 5:32 PM, Jeff Oien at jeff@webdesigns1.com wrote: >>> Is there a routine out there to strip all characters from a phone >>> number except the numbers? I was going to write my own but >>> figured there must already be one out there I can use. Thanks. >>> Jeff Oien >> >> ereg_replace ("[^0-9]","",$string); >> >> -- mike cullerton -- mike cullerton