note 101326 added to function.preg-replace

I needed a function that validated phone numbers provided by a user and if necessary arrange the numbers in this format 555-555-5555. I couldn't find anything so I just wrote one <?php function checkPhone($number) { if(preg_match('^[0-9]{3}+-[0-9]{3}+-[0-9]{4}^', $number)){ return $number; } else { $items = Array('/\ /', '/\+/', '/\-/', '/\./', '/\,/', '/\(/', '/\)/', '/[a-zA-Z]/'); $clean = preg_replace($items, '', $number); return substr($clean, 0, 3).'-'.substr($clean, 3, 3).'-'.substr($clean, 6, 4); } } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 70.79.237.86 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/101326 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101326 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/101326 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php