Re: [PHP] excluding parenthesis, space and dashes from phone number

afan pasalic wrote:
hi,
I store phone number in mysql as integer, e.g. (123) 456-7890 is stored
as 1234567890.
though, in search form they usually type in a phone number with
parenthesis/space/dashes. I have to extract numbers before I search
through mysql.

currently, I use eregi_replace() function, several times, to do the job:
eregi_replace(' ', '', $phone);
eregi_replace('(', '', $phone);
eregi_replace(')', '', $phone);
eregi_replace('-', '', $phone);

side note: if you are doing simple string relacement (as in the code above)
don't use regular expression functionality to do it, it a waste.

the above code will work the same if you replace 'eregi_replace' with 'str_replace'

and it works fine.

but, is there any better way? more "fancy"? :)

see TGs example. I recommend doing some study on regexps - knowing abit about
them and how to write a basic regexp is an invaluable tool.


thanks for any help.

-afan

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