RE: [PHP-WIN] checking phone number
| From: | Asendorf, John | Date: | Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:14:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-WIN] checking phone number | ||
| Groups: | php.windows | ||
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oh, yeah... that's a hell of an idea... why didn't I think of it, much
better.
It negates all characters except the numbers... great for making the input
idiot proof. I'm sure they'll build a better idiot though!
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Web Applications Developer
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The benefit to the government of replacing all $1 Federal Reserve notes with
$1 coins would be $522.2 million per year, according to estimates of the
General Accouting Office released on April 7, 2000.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: afan; php-windows@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] 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
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