The kind of opposite of this, is what I use, in that it ADDs the () and -
if ((strlen($phone)) <= 14) $phone =
preg_replace("/[^0-9]*([0-9]{3})[^0-9]*([0-9]{3})[^0-9]*([0-9]{4}).*/",
"(\\1) \\2-\\3", $phone);
> -----Original Message-----
> From: afan pasalic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:45 AM
> To: php-general
> Subject: [PHP] excluding parenthesis, space and dashes from
> phone number
>
> 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);
> and it works fine.
>
> but, is there any better way? more "fancy"? :)
>
> thanks for any help.
>
> -afan
>
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