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Thanks. That will work well. The one other thing I need to do is remove a leading 1, if it exists? I have not yet read my regexp book. That is going to be my reading on my flight tonight.
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Thanks. That will work well. The one other thing I need to do is remove a leading 1, if it exists? I have not yet read my regexp book. That is going to be my reading on my flight tonight.

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Wow, that is obvious and simple. For some reason I was thinking complicated.
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Wow, that is obvious and simple. For some reason I was thinking complicated.

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Are you aware that you didn't give me any points?
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Are you aware that you didn't give me any points?

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I am so sorry! I (wrongfully) assumed that the two posts were both by you. I know see they were not. How can I assign points after the fact?
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I am so sorry! I (wrongfully) assumed that the two posts were both by you. I know see they were not. How can I assign points after the fact?

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Users submit their phone number as part of a form. With PHP I would like to take an reasonable phone number format and convert it to:<br />
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9998887777<br />
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I think of some exceptable number formats as:<br />
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1-222-333-4444<br />
222-333-444<br />
222333444<br />
(222)333-4444<br />
(222) 333-4444<br />
222 333-4444<br />
1(222) 333-4444<br />
etc...<br />
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Thanks.
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Users submit their phone number as part of a form. With PHP I would like to take an reasonable phone number format and convert it to:

9998887777

I think of some exceptable number formats as:

1-222-333-4444
222-333-444
222333444
(222)333-4444
(222) 333-4444
222 333-4444
1(222) 333-4444
etc...

Thanks.

Format phone number in PHP

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