Hi Erik.
Try this:
<?
$phone_number = "8005551212";
$phone_number = preg_replace("!(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})!", "($1) $2-$3",
$phone_number);
echo $phone_number;
?>
~James
"Erik Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I have the following code --
>
> $phone_number = "8005551212";
> $phone_array = explode("", $phone_number);
> $phone_number = sprintf("(%s%s%s) %s%s%s-%s%s%s%s", $phone_array[0],
> $phone_array[1], $phone_array[2], $phone_array[3], $phone_array[4],
> $phone_array[5], $phone_array[6], $phone_array[7], $phone_array[8]);
>
> Is this really the best way to achieve $phone_number = "(800)
> 555-1212" ? Or am I taking the long way around, and there's a function
> that can do this better?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Erik
>
>
>
>
>
> ----
>
> Erik Price
> Web Developer Temp
> Media Lab, H.H. Brown
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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