RE: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

Jay, Here is a little more of the larger function with comments (more comments than code, which is never a Bad Thing [tm]). I am only showing the handling for two basic types of telephone numbers with explanation for additional verification which we would typically use, since we have those

RE: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

[snip] Thanks for any help, even if you just suggest built in functions to look at. I'm looking for a way to take a 7 digit number and put it into xxx- format. So basically the logic is to count 3 characters into $number and insert a - there. [/snip] As a telecom we use several methods, but

Re: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 06:11:57PM -0400, John W. Holmes wrote: Rob Ellis wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:31:09PM -0500, BOOT wrote: I'm looking for a way to take a 7 digit number and put it into xxx- format. So basically the logic is to count 3 characters into $number and insert a

RE: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

Thanks! -Original Message- From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 16, 2004 7:33 AM To: BOOT; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers? [snip] Thanks for any help, even if you just suggest built in functions to look at. I'm looking for a way

RE: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

Good stuff. [stuff you may not need] This is a boiled down version of a longer function that counts string lengths to determine how many dashes might need to be added. Let's say you have the area code in the number, like 2108765432. Being a ten digit number with a recognizable area code we

RE: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

[snip] [stuff you may not need] This is a boiled down version of a longer function that counts string lengths to determine how many dashes might need to be added. Let's say you have the area code in the number, like 2108765432. Being a ten digit number with a recognizable area code we can

Re: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:31:09PM -0500, BOOT wrote: Thanks for any help, even if you just suggest built in functions to look at. I'm looking for a way to take a 7 digit number and put it into xxx- format. So basically the logic is to count 3 characters into $number and insert a -

Re: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers?

Rob Ellis wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:31:09PM -0500, BOOT wrote: I'm looking for a way to take a 7 digit number and put it into xxx- format. So basically the logic is to count 3 characters into $number and insert a - there. substr_replace($string, '-', 3, 0); Won't that replace the

Re: [PHP] Formatting phone numbers

Corinne Shea wrote: Hi, I'd like to write a function that will take a string of characters and output it in a phone number format (xxx)xxx- and one for credit cards ---. This is actually very easy to do if all you want to do is format, meaning you have already validated