I would agree with that.  When I wrote that you COULD do that.. I didnąt
mean that I do that :)  If you wanted to get down and dirty and verify
everything about that phone number you could.. Was what I was trying to get
at.  But when you had all the non-numeric characters in a phone number it
makes it hard to do any type of verification since everyone seems to write
their phone numbers different.  Thus the reason for my advice on stripping
all non-numeric characters from the phone number before checking to make
sure it's a valid number or throwing it into your database in the format you
want.  Verifying country, city, etc codes would just be a royal pain in the
@$$ and I wouldnąt recommend it to anyone, there really is no reason to do
it, but you COULD do it if you really wanted :)

Cheers!

Rick

"Every person you meet - and everything you do in life - is an opportunity
to learn something." - Tom Clancy

> From: Miguel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 14:08:42 -0500 (CDT)
> To: Gordon Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Phone number validation
> 
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Gordon Stewart wrote:
>> Just as a curiosity - (I dont need / Want it now - Maybe later....)
>> Where / what site, can we get a list of the valid country/city codes ?
> 
> Someone else has already provided you with a site.
> 
> I'd just add that validating international numbers against any sort of
> list is bound to lead to extreme annoyance. Even telephone companies have
> trouble keeping track of changes.
> 
> miguel
> 
> 
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