ereg for phone number format #*$!-xxx-xxx not working

[stidj]

Hi guys

I have tried using "[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}" but this does not work as intended and seems to allow nearly anything to match it for some reason.

Does anyone know how to match it for only numbers in format #*$!-xxx-xxxx?

Thanks

[vincevincevince]

I think the - between needs escaping to \-

[0-9]\-[0-9] etc

[stidj]

I'll give that a try later on (all the examples I've seen don't escape but then again all of the example code doesn't work as the tutorials claim) :)

Thanks vince.

[dreamcatcher]

Is this any good?

if (ereg("^[0-9)( - ]{7,20}(([xX] ¦ (ext) ¦ (ex))?[ -]?[0-9]{1,7})?$", $phone))

{

//valid phone no

}
else
{

//not valid

}

dc

[stidj]

Unfortunately both ideas don't work for some reason.

I'm using PHP 4.3.11 might there an issue with it?

[coopster]

stidj,

It may help if you show us what the string looks like that you are searching as well as your ereg line of code. For example, is your string just the phone number or is it embedded in a longer string of data?

[stidj]

Here it is. I have tried other combinations such as a "^" at the beginning and a "$" at the end

thx again all

if ( ereg("[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[09]{4}",$number) )
{
return 1;
}
else
{
return 0;
}

[stidj]

Sorry and I am also submitting "905-913-8911" as the string

[stidj]

Ok, guys it was my mistake. The error all along was the way I used the variable returned in a function ......

if ( ereg("^[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$",$number) )

That above works just as expected and only allows numbers in the format #*$!-xxx-xxxx

[ergophobe]

I was going to say, there's no reason that shouldn't work.

I think the - between needs escaping to \-

[0-9]\-[0-9] etc

The "-" only has a meaning inside a character class like [0-9]. Outside a character class it shouldn't need escaping.