| ereg replace numbers and spaces
how to format a phone number to leave only numbers and spaces |
Robert Poole
msg:3907760 | 11:11 am on May 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hey campers. Let's say I wish to take an input field which is a phone number, and strip out everything that is not a number or a space. For instance... (01234) 567890 would become 01234 567980 (not 01234567890). I just don't know how to configure the POSIX part of the ereg_replace statement. I've tried about a bazillion approaches but have come up empty. Should be a quite simple one for you big-brains out there! Cheers Roberto
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dreamcatcher
msg:3907941 | 3:01 pm on May 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
You could use str_replace [php.net]. $phone = str_replace(array('(',')',array(),$phone); dc
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rocknbil
msg:3908019 | 4:03 pm on May 6, 2009 (gmt 0) |
$phone = preg_replace('/[^\d\s]+/','',$phone); \d = digit
\s = space
^ not operator, when the first character inside a character class
[] character class
+ one or more Summary: replace one or more instances of anything not a digit or space in the string "$phone" with an empty string.
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Robert Poole
msg:3908519 | 9:49 am on May 7, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Like it guys! Thanks for your speedy and effecient responses, and an extra thanks to rocknbil for the explanation to go with!
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