phone number formatting

this is probably a stupid question so apologies in advance.

I am trying to format a number to look like a phone number with "-"'s
between the numbers etc e.g. 15554256987 should be formatted as
1-555-425-6987.

Thanks

Shay Hurley wrote:
> this is probably a stupid question so apologies in advance.
>
> I am trying to format a number to look like a phone number with "-"'s
> between the numbers etc e.g. 15554256987 should be formatted as
> 1-555-425-6987.


What have you tried?
What did you expect and what did your script do?

Are you sure all your numbers have exactly 11 digits?





Here's a 'brute force' method to insert dashes at the positions you
specified. You might want to turn it into a function ... and change the
positions (and quantity) of dashes to insert.

#v+
<?php
$number = '15554256987';

$number = substr($number, 0, 1) . '-' . substr($number, 1);
// now $number = '1-5554256987';

$number = substr($number, 0, 5) . '-' . substr($number, 5);
// now $number = '1-555-4256987';

$number = substr($number, 0, 9) . '-' . substr($number, 9);
// now $number = '1-555-425-6987';
?>
#v-
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Like Pedro said, a few problems...
what if I enter (555) 555-1212, or (555)-333-3321 or +1 555 333 1222 or, if
I'm from germany... 011 49 030 30 30 90 (phone number of my favorite hotel
in Berlin...)



Pedro Graca wrote:
> Shay Hurley wrote:
>> this is probably a stupid question so apologies in advance.
>>
>> I am trying to format a number to look like a phone number with "-"'s
>> between the numbers etc e.g. 15554256987 should be formatted as
>> 1-555-425-6987.
>
>
> What have you tried?
> What did you expect and what did your script do?
>
> Are you sure all your numbers have exactly 11 digits?
>
>
>
>
>
> Here's a 'brute force' method to insert dashes at the positions you
> specified. You might want to turn it into a function ... and change
> the positions (and quantity) of dashes to insert.
>
> #v+
> <?php
> $number = '15554256987';
>
> $number = substr($number, 0, 1) . '-' . substr($number, 1);
> // now $number = '1-5554256987';
>
> $number = substr($number, 0, 5) . '-' . substr($number, 5);
> // now $number = '1-555-4256987';
>
> $number = substr($number, 0, 9) . '-' . substr($number, 9);
> // now $number = '1-555-425-6987';
>>
> #v-

Sorry, I should have been clearer in my post. I am getting a list of
numbers of different lengths, could be anything from 5 digits (directory
enquiries) to local numbers (8 digits) to international numbers (12 or
13 numbers). There is no foratting on the numbers I receive from the db
so they are just like 14567890, 11811, 15552345678, 447878787712.


Agelmar wrote:
> Like Pedro said, a few problems...
> what if I enter (555) 555-1212, or (555)-333-3321 or +1 555 333 1222 or, if
> I'm from germany... 011 49 030 30 30 90 (phone number of my favorite hotel
> in Berlin...)
>
>
>
> Pedro Graca wrote:
>
>>Shay Hurley wrote:
>>
>>>this is probably a stupid question so apologies in advance.
>>>
>>>I am trying to format a number to look like a phone number with "-"'s
>>>between the numbers etc e.g. 15554256987 should be formatted as
>>>1-555-425-6987.
>>
>>
>>What have you tried?
>>What did you expect and what did your script do?
>>
>>Are you sure all your numbers have exactly 11 digits?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Here's a 'brute force' method to insert dashes at the positions you
>>specified. You might want to turn it into a function ... and change
>>the positions (and quantity) of dashes to insert.
>>
>>#v+
>><?php
>>$number = '15554256987';
>>
>>$number = substr($number, 0, 1) . '-' . substr($number, 1);
>>// now $number = '1-5554256987';
>>
>>$number = substr($number, 0, 5) . '-' . substr($number, 5);
>>// now $number = '1-555-4256987';
>>
>>$number = substr($number, 0, 9) . '-' . substr($number, 9);
>>// now $number = '1-555-425-6987';
>>
>>#v-
>
>
>

Then it becomes really easy.
$max = strlen($phonenumber); // assuming phonenumber is a string
representation
$final = ""; // final result
for ($i = 0; $i < $max; $i++)
{
if (is_int($phonenumber{$i}))
$final = $final.$phonenumber{$i};
}
(not tested, but should work...)



Shay Hurley wrote:
> Sorry, I should have been clearer in my post. I am getting a list of
> numbers of different lengths, could be anything from 5 digits
> (directory enquiries) to local numbers (8 digits) to international
> numbers (12 or 13 numbers). There is no foratting on the numbers I
> receive from the db
> so they are just like 14567890, 11811, 15552345678, 447878787712.
>
>
> Agelmar wrote:
>> Like Pedro said, a few problems...
>> what if I enter (555) 555-1212, or (555)-333-3321 or +1 555 333 1222
>> or, if I'm from germany... 011 49 030 30 30 90 (phone number of my
>> favorite hotel in Berlin...)
>>
>>
>>
>> Pedro Graca wrote:
>>
>>> Shay Hurley wrote:
>>>
>>>> this is probably a stupid question so apologies in advance.
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to format a number to look like a phone number with
>>>> "-"'s between the numbers etc e.g. 15554256987 should be formatted
>>>> as 1-555-425-6987.
>>>
>>>
>>> What have you tried?
>>> What did you expect and what did your script do?
>>>
>>> Are you sure all your numbers have exactly 11 digits?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's a 'brute force' method to insert dashes at the positions you
>>> specified. You might want to turn it into a function ... and change
>>> the positions (and quantity) of dashes to insert.
>>>
>>> #v+
>>> <?php
>>> $number = '15554256987';
>>>
>>> $number = substr($number, 0, 1) . '-' . substr($number, 1);
>>> // now $number = '1-5554256987';
>>>
>>> $number = substr($number, 0, 5) . '-' . substr($number, 5);
>>> // now $number = '1-555-4256987';
>>>
>>> $number = substr($number, 0, 9) . '-' . substr($number, 9);
>>> // now $number = '1-555-425-6987';
>>>
>>> #v-