Jochem Maas wrote: > afan pasalic wrote: >> hi, >> I store phone number in mysql as integer, e.g. (123) 456-7890 is stored >> as 1234567890. >> though, in search form they usually type in a phone number with >> parenthesis/space/dashes. I have to extract numbers before I search >> through mysql. >> >> currently, I use eregi_replace() function, several times, to do the job: >> eregi_replace(' ', '', $phone); >> eregi_replace('(', '', $phone); >> eregi_replace(')', '', $phone); >> eregi_replace('-', '', $phone); > > side note: if you are doing simple string relacement (as in the code above) > don't use regular expression functionality to do it, it a waste. > > the above code will work the same if you replace 'eregi_replace' with > 'str_replace' > >> and it works fine. >> >> but, is there any better way? more "fancy"? :) > > see TGs example. I recommend doing some study on regexps - knowing abit about > them and how to write a basic regexp is an invaluable tool.
Got it! Thanks guys for your help. -afan > >> thanks for any help. >> >> -afan >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php