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Description:
Checks a phone number for Australian format. It checks for: - Numbers and spaces are ok - Remove spaces and count len must be less than or equal 10 - If the number starts with a zero then it must have a 2,3,4,7,8 as the next digit after spaces are removed

Return Values:
Return a boolean.

Example:

<cfoutput>
ozPhoneFormatPlus("apple") = #ozPhoneFormatPlus("apple")#<br>
ozPhoneFormatPlus("0234612351") = #ozPhoneFormatPlus("0234612351")#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Checks a phone number for Australian format.
 * 
 * @param phoneNumber      The phone number to check. (Required)
 * @return Return a boolean. 
 * @author Gary Crouch (gc@anatex.net) 
 * @version 1, July 27, 2005 
 */
function ozPhoneFormatPlus(phoneNumber){
    //REGX to find chrs thats are not numbers or <spaces>
    var re = "[^0-9\.[:space:]]";
    //Allowed 2nd numbers in an Ausie Phone number starting in zero
    var allowedNumbers = "2,3,4,5,7,8";
    //2nd digit in the string
    var current2ndNumber = mid( replace( trim(phoneNumber), " ", "" ), 2, 1 );

    //Numbers and spaces are ok
    if(reFindNoCase(re, trim(phoneNumber))) return false;
    
    //Remove spaces and count len must be less than or equal 10
    if(len( replace( trim(phoneNumber), " ", "" ) ) gt 10) return false;
    
    //If the number starts with a zero then it must have a 2,3,4,7,8 as the next digit
    if (left ( replace( trim(phoneNumber), " ", "" ), 1 ) eq 0 and not listFind( allowedNumbers, current2ndNumber ) ) return false;
    
    //If we got here then we must be ok
    return true;
}