Javascript Phone Number Validation
In forms when asking for phone numbers fields it is a good idea to use client side validation along with your programming language validation. The following example shows how you can do this.
Example
Example of phone validation
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Explanation of the Code
The JavaScript has the following main functions:
- Function checkInternationalPhone
is used to verify if the given value is a possible valid international
phone number : This function first removes all non-digit characters
which are allowed in phone numbers. These delimiters are declared
in the lines (found in the beginning of the code) :
var phoneNumberDelimiters = "()- "
var validWorldPhoneChars = phoneNumberDelimiters + "+"
Now that all valid delimiters are removed we just check if the remaining value is an integer and that it has at least a certain number of digits (given by the variable 'minDigitsInIPhoneNumber').
- Function ValidateForm is used to make sure that the phone number field is not blank and that it is a valid phone number on form submission
