Re: checking phone number

$checkphone = preg_replace( '/[^0123456789]/' , '' , $phone ) simpler, better, shorter, faster At 00:40 21.12. 2000, afan wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Hi all, >First I want to wish to everybody Happy holydays! > >I have to check does submitted phone number already exist in database. I just wrote this: >$CheckPhone = ereg_replace("\.", "", $Phone); >$CheckPhone = ereg_replace(" ", "", $CheckPhone); >$CheckPhone = ereg_replace("\(", "", $CheckPhone); >$CheckPhone = ereg_replace("\)", "", $CheckPhone); >$CheckPhone = ereg_replace("\-", "", $CheckPhone); >$CheckPhone = ereg_replace("\/", "", $CheckPhone); > >and it works fine! >But, probably there is something simpler, better and shorter. Anybody have an idea? > >Afan ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz