On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 16:18, Curt Zirzow wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:01:00 -0400 (EDT), Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I do not know if this is the right list, but if someone could help me
> > with the following
>
> Sure, I'll be glad to help.
>
>
> > I need a function that does this:
>
> I'm not sure if you want me to write the code that does this for you, but I
> know that I wont. I'm just going to give you the tools that are commonly
> used for the tasks your asking for.
>
> >
> > function phone($num) {
> >
> > take num and remove anything that is not a number
> > ex: () - /
>
> http://php.net/preg_replace
>
> >
> >
> > If there is not 1 at the start, add a one to the start of the number.
>
> http://php.net/substr
>
> >
> > make sure that the number is 10 digits (if not return -1)
>
> http://php.net/strlen
>
> > }
> >
> > Thank you for your help,
>
> In the future, please at least try and attempt to write the code, most
> people here arnt here to write code for everyone, but to solve problems
> people are
> having with their own code.
Incidentally the procedure for correcting the number is flawed. If you
(original poster) have a 9 digit number with an area code beginning with
a 1 then the required additional 1 will never be prepended. Really what
you want is if the sequence of numbers is 9 digits long then precede
with a 1.
Cheers,
Rob.
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