note 57097 added to function.sscanf

Building a better Phone Format. This function, a variation of prev. posts (in theory): Should stip all non-numeric characters. Treat partial numbers as extensions. Treat 8 - 9 digit numbers as phone+ext. Be kind I'm a newbie. <?php // ##### Format String as Phone Number Function formatPH($ph) { $ph = ereg_replace ('[^0-9]+', '', $ph); // ##### Strip all Non-Numeric Characters $phlen = strlen($ph); switch (TRUE) { case ($phlen < 7): $ext = $ph; break; case ($phlen == 7): sscanf($ph, "%3s%4s", $pfx, $exc); break; case ($phlen > 7 AND $phlen < 10): sscanf($ph, "%3s%4s%s", $pfx, $exc, $ext); break; case ($phlen == 10): sscanf($ph, "%3s%3s%4s", $area, $pfx, $exc); break; case ($phlen == 11): sscanf($ph, "%1s%3s%3s%4s", $cty, $area, $pfx, $exc); break; case ($phlen > 11): sscanf($ph, "%1s%3s%3s%4s%s", $cty, $area, $pfx, $exc, $ext); break; } $out = ''; $out .= isset($cty) ? $cty.' ' : ''; $out .= isset($area) ? '('.$area.') ' : ''; $out .= isset($pfx) ? $pfx.' - ' : ''; $out .= isset($exc) ? $exc.' ' : ''; $out .= isset($ext) ? 'x'.$ext : ''; return $out; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sscanf.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57097 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57097&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57097&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php