Jedidiah's Blog » PHP http://jedidiahreeser.com/blog Technology Information Exchange Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Format Phone Numbers with PHP http://jedidiahreeser.com/blog/2009/03/format-phone-numbers-with-php/ http://jedidiahreeser.com/blog/2009/03/format-phone-numbers-with-php/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:15:25 +0000 Jedidiah http://jedidiahreeser.com/blog/?p=41 Using PHP, this little bit of code parses and formats numbers by putting parentheses and a hyphen into the phone number. This code handles 10 digit phone numbers and even eleven digits (with the country code).

Example: Changes this 1234567890  into this (123) 456-7890

function formatphone($phone){
if (empty($phone)) return "";

if (strlen($phone) == 7) {
    sscanf($phone, "%3s%4s", $prefix, $exchange);
} else if (strlen($phone) == 10) {
    sscanf($phone, "%3s%3s%4s", $area, $prefix, $exchange);
} else if (strlen($phone) > 10) {
    if(substr($phone,0,1)=='1') {
        sscanf($phone, "%1s%3s%3s%4s", $country, $area, $prefix, $exchange);
    } else {
        sscanf($phone, "%3s%3s%4s%s", $area, $prefix, $exchange, $extension);
    }
} else {
    return $phone;
}

$out = "";
$out .= isset($country) ? $country.' ' : '';
$out .= isset($area) ? '(' . $area . ') ' : '';
$out .= $prefix . '-' . $exchange;
$out .= isset($extension) ? ' x' . $extension : '';
return $out;
}
I would like to thank Justin Cook for posting his code on justin-cook.com. By changing a few lines of Justin’s code, I was able to get it to work for me. To view the original code or to see Justin’s blog, visit: http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/11/17/parse-and-format-phone-numbers-with-php/. Justin describes his blog as “A web, technology, programming and SEO blog by Justin Cook.” Nice work, Justin!

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  • PHP is compatible with Unix, Linux, and Windows.
  • PHP allows you to organize the code the way you want (start imagining how this could be a good thing)
  • PHP has a strong community and has many pre-built open source applications that are waiting for you to intergrate into your project (saving you millions of years sitting in front of your computer)
  • Connects easily to a variety of databases
  • Its OpenSource, so you got freedom!
  • PHP is great for start-ups and side projects because of low-cost, though this should be appealing to everyone.
  • PHP code is hidden from web surfers (only html is visible)
  • PHP can create .pdf’s and excel files on the fly
  • PHP was used to program other awesome and powerful projects (facebook.com, youtube.com, wikipedia.com*)

In conclusion, the correct time to consider using PHP is when you are hungry to create powerful websites!

Check out more great reasons to use PHP at Krystian Hoffman’s blog:

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