Formatting Phone Numbers in PHP
Assuming that your phone numbers always have this exact format, you can use this snippet:
$from = "+11234567890";
$to = sprintf("%s-%s-%s",
substr($from, 2, 3),
substr($from, 5, 3),
substr($from, 8));
This function will format international (10+ digit), non-international (10 digit) or old school (7 digit) phone numbers. Any numbers other than 10+, 10 or 7 digits will remain unformatted.
function formatPhoneNumber($phoneNumber) {
$phoneNumber = preg_replace('/[^0-9]/','',$phoneNumber);
if(strlen($phoneNumber) > 10) {
$countryCode = substr($phoneNumber, 0, strlen($phoneNumber)-10);
$areaCode = substr($phoneNumber, -10, 3);
$nextThree = substr($phoneNumber, -7, 3);
$lastFour = substr($phoneNumber, -4, 4);
$phoneNumber = '+'.$countryCode.' ('.$areaCode.') '.$nextThree.'-'.$lastFour;
}
else if(strlen($phoneNumber) == 10) {
$areaCode = substr($phoneNumber, 0, 3);
$nextThree = substr($phoneNumber, 3, 3);
$lastFour = substr($phoneNumber, 6, 4);
$phoneNumber = '('.$areaCode.') '.$nextThree.'-'.$lastFour;
}
else if(strlen($phoneNumber) == 7) {
$nextThree = substr($phoneNumber, 0, 3);
$lastFour = substr($phoneNumber, 3, 4);
$phoneNumber = $nextThree.'-'.$lastFour;
}
return $phoneNumber;
}
$data = '+11234567890';
if( preg_match( '/^\+\d(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})$/', $data, $matches ) )
{
$result = $matches[1] . '-' .$matches[2] . '-' . $matches[3];
return $result;
}
This is a US phone formatter that works on more versions of numbers than any of the current answers.
$numbers = explode("\n", '(111) 222-3333
((111) 222-3333
1112223333
111 222-3333
111-222-3333
(111)2223333
+11234567890
1-8002353551
123-456-7890 -Hello!
+1 - 1234567890
');
foreach($numbers as $number)
{
print preg_replace('~.*(\d{3})[^\d]{0,7}(\d{3})[^\d]{0,7}(\d{4}).*~', '($1) $2-$3', $number). "\n";
}
And here is a breakdown of the regex:
Cell: +1 999-(555 0001)
.* zero or more of anything "Cell: +1 "
(\d{3}) three digits "999"
[^\d]{0,7} zero or up to 7 of something not a digit "-("
(\d{3}) three digits "555"
[^\d]{0,7} zero or up to 7 of something not a digit " "
(\d{4}) four digits "0001"
.* zero or more of anything ")"
Updated: March 11, 2015 to use {0,7}
instead of {,7}