Egypt’s Mobile Number Change
11.06.2011 | PHP
I’ve developed a snipped to correct the old numbers with the new numbers
The number change schema as follows:
(old -> new)
Mobinil
012 XXX XXXX -> 0122 XXX XXXX
017 XXX XXXX -> 0127 XXX XXXX
018 XXX XXXX -> 0128 XXX XXXX
0150 XXX XXXX -> 0120 XXX XXXX
Etisalat
011 XXX XXXX -> 0111 XXX XXXX
014 XXX XXXX -> 0114 XXX XXXX
0152 XXX XXXX -> 0112 XXX XXXX
Vodafone
010 XXX XXXX -> 0100 XXX XXXX
016 XXX XXXX -> 0106 XXX XXXX
019 XXX XXXX -> 0109 XXX XXXX
0151 XXX XXXX -> 0101 XXX XXXX
so here is my little php function that will use regular expressions
function changeMobileNumbers(&$contents){
// vodafone
$contents = preg_replace('/(0151)([0-9]{7})/', '0101$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(010)([0-9]{7})/', '0100$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(016)([0-9]{7})/', '0106$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(019)([0-9]{7})/', '0109$2', $contents);
// etisalat
$contents = preg_replace('/(0152)([0-9]{7})/', '0112$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(011)([0-9]{7})/', '0111$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(014)([0-9]{7})/', '0114$2', $contents);
// mobinil
$contents = preg_replace('/(0150)([0-9]{7})/', '0120$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(012)([0-9]{7})/', '0122$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(017)([0-9]{7})/', '0127$2', $contents);
$contents = preg_replace('/(018)([0-9]{7})/', '0127$2', $contents);
return $contents;
}
Hope that was useful

12.02.2011
Very helpful indeed!