Re: Phone number validation

What I do is strip all non-numeric numbers out and just store the number as a string of numbers.. Then do validation on those numbers.. Make sure the right amount of numbers are there, valid country, city codes etc. Probably an easier approach :) Rick Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - Calvin Coolidge > From: "Jason Cribbins" <phplist@kibserv.org> > Reply-To: "Jason Cribbins" <phplist@kibserv.org> > Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:47:46 -0500 > To: <php-general@lists.php.net>, "Gary" <garyb10@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Phone number validation > > Some people use period '.' in between fields...me for one. Its an old habit > I have although I forget where I picked that up from. I am sure it was when > I was working overseas...maybe Asia where I saw all phone numbers using . > between fields. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary" <garyb10@earthlink.net> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 8:52 PM > Subject: [PHP] Phone number validation > > > : Hi All, > : I tried to cut a corner and use an alphabetic validation I am using > : elsewhere > : $stuff = "/^[a-zA-Z]+$/"; > : if(preg_match($stuff, $value)) > : > : looks like I forgot about +( )- being in phone number. What is the > : easiest way to allow these 4 characters? Are there any other characters > : that people use? > : > : TIA > : Gary > : > : > : -- > : PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > : To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > : > : > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >