Erm, you say regex is overkill, then use one in your example!
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
----- Reply message -----
From: "Al" <n...@ridersite.org>
Date: Fri, Dec 31, 2010 15:53
Subject: [PHP] Re: Regex for telephone numbers
To: <php...@lists.php.net>, <php-general@lists.php.net>
On 12/29/2010 7:12 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:
> Dear List -
>
> Thank you for all your help in the past.
>
> Here is another one....
>
> I would like to have a regex which would validate that a telephone number is
> in the format xxx-xxx-xxxx.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ethan
>
> MySQL 5.1 PHP 5 Linux [Debian (sid)]
>
Regex is over-kill.
$phoneNum = preg_replace("%\D%", '', $phoneNum);//Remove everything except
digits
$phoneNum = ltrim($phoneNum,'1');//Remove leading 1s
if(strlen($phoneValue) != 10)
{
throw new Exception("Phone number must be 10 digits, without leading a 1. Check
your entry carefull");
}
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