Remove all characters except numbers from a phone number and format by adding dashes in PHP
<?php
$number = “(212)222.1111”;
//Strip Out Everything Except Numbers
$formatted_number=ereg_replace(“[^0-9]”, “”, $number);
//Add Dashes
$formatted_number = substr ($formatted_number, 0, 3) . ‘-‘ . substr ($formatted_number, 3, 3) . ‘-‘ . substr ($formatted_number, 6);
echo $formatted_number;
?>
Output: 212-222-1111