Shane Reaume shane-reaume
shane-reaume
/ validation.php
Created
November 2, 2012 23:13
Server-side(PHP) validation of phone number that also prevents multiple of same digit, i.e. all 1's
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| function phonenumber($value) | |
| { | |
| $areacode = '[2-9]{1}\d{1}\d{1}'; // You might want to specify '2\d\d' (200 to 299) | |
| $prefix = '[2-9]{1}\d{1}\d{1}'; | |
| $regex = '#^(\('.$areacode.'\)|'.$areacode.')[\s\.-]?'.$prefix.'[\.-]?\d{4}$#'; | |
| if (preg_match($regex, $value)) | |
| { | |
| // Number now is in a suitable format | |
| // extract digits -- remove this section to not test repeated pattern |