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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