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Best way to validate Phone Number and Email???

Can someone please post some code examples(javascript) that show how to validate a phone number. I only want digits(example: 1231231234 NOT 123-123-1234). If you know of a way to allow international numbers as well that would be great (example this is a phone number from Europe: Phone: +44 20 8390 xxxx). I am not sure if there is a way to show that it is a USA number or a foreign number, but if it is possible that would be great.

Also what is the best way to check that a person typed in a valid email address(Example. test@aol.com NOT test@aol or whatever).

Thanks

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CFDevHead

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CFDevHead

here is the email validation script
function isEmail (v) {
      var email = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@([a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z0-9.-]{2,4}$/;
     if(!email.test(v)) {
            alert('Wrong')
      }
}

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anandkp

take a look at this from another thread

<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function validate(emailad) {
a = emailad.split(";")
var exclude=/[^@\-\.\w]|^[_@\.\-]|[\._\-]{2}|[@\.]{2}|(@)[^@]*\1/;
var check=/@[\w\-]+\./;
var checkend=/\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}$/;
for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)
{
emailadd = a[i];
if(((emailad.search(exclude) != -1)||(emailad.search(check)) == -1)||(emailad.search(checkend)
== -1)){
alert("Incorrect email address!");
return false
}
else {
alert('hello')
//document.form.submit();
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="this.htm">
<input type="text" name="email" onBlur="javascript:validate(this.value)";>
<input type="submit">
</form>

</body>

anandkp

this can be the best possible

http://cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=216

Example
<cfoutput>
#YesNoFormat(IsEmail("jguillaume@stoneage.com"))#<br>
#YesNoFormat(IsEmail("jguillaume@stoneage.com.info"))#<br>
#YesNoFormat(IsEmail("jguillaume@subdomain.stoneage.museum"))#<br>
#YesNoFormat(IsEmail("jguillaume@stoneage.invalidTLD"))#
</cfoutput>

Output
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

Hope that helps

K'Rgds
Anand

cheekycj

I use this Netscape RegEx written library:

http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/javascript/regexp/overview.html

It is really good, it has simple methods for everything. US Number, SSN, International Number, Email Address, Dates, Zip Codes, Credit Cards, and it even has text box validation and has easy ways to warn the user with a message.

CJ

anandkp

ne-luck ???