Re: formatting a numeric string

try: print ereg_replace("^([0-9]{3})([0-9]{3})([0-9]*)$", "(\\1) \\2 - \\3", $phone_number); Greets, Edward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Price" <pricee@hhbrown.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: [PHP] formatting a numeric string > I have the following code -- > > $phone_number = "8005551212"; > $phone_array = explode("", $phone_number); > $phone_number = sprintf("(%s%s%s) %s%s%s-%s%s%s%s", $phone_array[0], > $phone_array[1], $phone_array[2], $phone_array[3], $phone_array[4], > $phone_array[5], $phone_array[6], $phone_array[7], $phone_array[8]); > > Is this really the best way to achieve $phone_number = "(800) > 555-1212" ? Or am I taking the long way around, and there's a function > that can do this better? > > Thanks, > > > Erik > > > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > pricee@hhbrown.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >