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IsPhoneNumber<\/h2>\n

This function confirms whether or not a value is a valid US phone number. The function returns true<\/code> if the syntax is valid or false<\/code> if it’s not. Any non-numeric characters are ignored on evaluation.<\/p>\n

Sample phone number strings and their resulting evaluation by the function are provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Phone Number<\/th>\nResult<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
234-235-5678<\/td>\ntrue<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
234 235 5678<\/td>\ntrue<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(541) 754-3010<\/td>\ntrue<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
+1-541-754-3010<\/td>\nfalse<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1234567890<\/td>\nfalse<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Argument<\/h3>\n

IsPhoneNumber(1)<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ordinal<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nRequired<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nString<\/td>\nTrue<\/td>\nPhone number to validate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

NOTE: This function will only validate US phone numbers. Other country formats will return a false<\/code> result.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Example<\/h3>\n

When a landing page form is submitted, an phone<\/code> form field is validated and an alert message is displayed if the syntax is invalid.<\/p>\n

%%=Iif(IsPhoneNumber(RequestParameter('phone'))==false,'<div class=\"alert\">You have entered an invalid US phone number<\/div>','')=%%<\/code><\/pre>\n
Output<\/h4>\n
A value of 0402 123 456<\/code> will return the following output.<\/p>\n
<div class=\"alert\">You have entered an invalid US phone number<\/div><\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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