more elegant way to store/find phone numbers

hi listers we have a mysql based application, wherein phone numbers may be stored and searched for. it is not the primary goal of this application to handle phone numbers. phone numbers usually are entered in a form like 099 999 99 99 or 099-999-99-99, or substings thereof. actually, the

RE: more elegant way to store/find phone numbers

hi listers we have a mysql based application, wherein phone numbers may be stored and searched for. it is not the primary goal of this application to handle phone numbers. phone numbers usually are entered in a form like 099 999 99 99 or 099-999-99-99, or substings thereof. actually, the

Re: more elegant way to store/find phone numbers

does anyone have a nicer solution for this? How about comparing ereg_replace( [[:punct:]],, $colvalue ) with ereg_replace( [[:punct:]],, $comparisonvalue )? PB mysql wrote: hi listers we have a mysql based application, wherein phone numbers may be stored and searched for. it is not the