actually, it removes everything from $string that is not in the range 0-9.
when a ^ is the first character inside [], it negates whatever is inside.
ereg_replace ("^[0-9]","",$string); would remove the first character from
$string if it were in the range 0-9.
on 8/2/01 6:39 PM, Martin Cameron at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Just as the solution to spray paint the m/b green made me smile, this did
> too.
>
> This will strip out all characters except numerals at the beginning, right!
>
> martin Cameron
>
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:52, you wrote:
>> on 8/2/01 5:32 PM, Jeff Oien at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Is there a routine out there to strip all characters from a phone
>>> number except the numbers? I was going to write my own but
>>> figured there must already be one out there I can use. Thanks.
>>> Jeff Oien
>>
>> ereg_replace ("[^0-9]","",$string);
>>
>> -- mike cullerton
-- mike cullerton
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