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PHP Form Validation - Phone Number format - (XXX) XXX-XXXX

Asked by phpretard in PHP Scripting Language

Tags: phone number, validation, php

I am trying to validate a phone number in this format (XXX) XXX-XXXX The code below doesn't work and is driving me nuts!

Can someone see the problem? 
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$string = "(123) 456-7890";
 
if (preg_match('/^\(?[0-9]{3}\)?|[0-9]{3}[-. ]? [0-9]{3}[-. ]?[0-9]{4}$/', $string)) { 
echo "successful.";
}
 
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