preg_match help required.

[zairyaab]

Hi,

 

I am fairly new to PHP, I am tryin to put a code together that would see my incoming CLI as 44 and remove the 44 from it and add a 0 to it. I have managed to do this so far, now I am stuck, as any number thats not matching the length (10 digits ) or is not starting with 44 is also not forwarded to my database for query.

 

$input = ($cid);
  if(preg_match('/^(44|0)(\d{10})$/',$input,$matches)){
    $phone = '0'.$matches[2];
 }else
    die("Invalid Phone Number") ;

 

What I would like is that any number starting with 441234567890 to become 01234567890, but should not involve 10 digits criteria.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

[Ch0cu3r]

So you only want to apply it to numbers with more than 10 digits, if it is more replace 44 at the beginning of the number with a zero

 

Simple substr replacement should do the trick.

$num = '441234567890';

// number greater than 10 digits and beings with 44
if(strlen($num) > 10 && substr($num, 0, 2) == 44)
{
    $num = '0' . substr($num, 2); // ignore the first two digits and prepend the number with a zero
}
echo $num;

[zairyaab]

Thanks a lot @Ch0cu3r you saviour! That code is exactlly what I was lookin for! You genius, saved me!