Jochem Maas wrote:
> afan pasalic wrote:
>> hi,
>> I store phone number in mysql as integer, e.g. (123) 456-7890 is stored
>> as 1234567890.
>> though, in search form they usually type in a phone number with
>> parenthesis/space/dashes. I have to extract numbers before I search
>> through mysql.
>>
>> currently, I use eregi_replace() function, several times, to do the job:
>> eregi_replace(' ', '', $phone);
>> eregi_replace('(', '', $phone);
>> eregi_replace(')', '', $phone);
>> eregi_replace('-', '', $phone);
>
> side note: if you are doing simple string relacement (as in the code above)
> don't use regular expression functionality to do it, it a waste.
>
> the above code will work the same if you replace 'eregi_replace' with 'str_replace'
>
>> and it works fine.
>>
>> but, is there any better way? more "fancy"? :)
>
> see TGs example. I recommend doing some study on regexps - knowing abit about
> them and how to write a basic regexp is an invaluable tool.
Got it!
Thanks guys for your help.
-afan
>
>> thanks for any help.
>>
>> -afan
>>
>
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