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PHP: Regex to validate different phone number formats
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<?php | |
/** | |
* Regular expression to validate different types of phone numbers | |
*/ | |
// simple pattern | |
$pattern = '/^[0-9\-\(\)\/\+\s]*$/'; | |
// example phone numbers | |
$phoneNumbers = ' | |
0821 12 34 567 | |
08211234567 | |
0821-1234567 | |
0821-12 34 567 | |
0821 - 1234567 | |
0821 - 12 34 567 | |
0821/1234567 | |
0821/12 34 567 | |
0821 / 1234567 | |
0821 / 12 34 56 7 | |
+49(821) 1234-567 | |
+49 (821) 12 34 - 567 | |
'; | |
// convert the examples to an array | |
$phoneNumbers = explode("\n", trim($phoneNumbers)); | |
// loop thru them and run preg_match for each number. | |
// the variable $matches should contain the number in case of a successful validation. | |
foreach ($phoneNumbers as $number) { | |
preg_match($pattern, $number, $matches); | |
echo '<pre>Number: ' . $number . "\n" | |
. 'Match: ' . print_r($matches, true) . '</pre>'; | |
} |
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