PHP: How to validate a telephone number
Posted on September 24, 2008, Filled under PHP,
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This snippet is useful if you need to validate a telephone number using an editable list with specific formats.
<?php
/*
string validate_telephone_number (string $number, array $formats)
*/
function validate_telephone_number($number, $formats)
{
$format = trim(ereg_replace("[0-9]", "#", $number));
return (in_array($format, $formats)) ? true : false;
}
/* Usage Examples */
// List of possible formats: You can add new formats or modify the existing ones
$formats = array('###-###-####', '####-###-###',
'(###) ###-###', '####-####-####',
'##-###-####-####', '####-####', '###-###-###',
'#####-###-###', '##########');
$number = '08008-555-555';
if(validate_telephone_number($number, $formats))
{
echo $number.' is a valid phone number.';
}
echo "<br />";
$number = '123-555-555';
if(validate_telephone_number($number, $formats))
{
echo $number.' is a valid phone number.';
}
echo "<br />";
$number = '1800-1234-5678';
if(validate_telephone_number($number, $formats))
{
echo $number.' is a valid phone number.';
}
echo "<br />";
$number = '(800) 555-123';
if(validate_telephone_number($number, $formats))
{
echo $number.' is a valid phone number.';
}
echo "<br />";
$number = '1234567890';
if(validate_telephone_number($number, $formats))
{
echo $number.' is a valid phone number.';
}
?>
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- September 24, 2008
- article by Gabriel C.
- 1 comment
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One Reply to "PHP: How to validate a telephone number"
October 21, 2009 at 2:01 PM
This is great tutorial. Thank you so much.