Formating phone number

[ThankYou]

Hi, currently my phone number output look like that:
Phone Number:1231231234

I would like to format it to look like that:
Phone Number:123-123-1234

I know how to change this in the database with a small php script but should I?

I was thinking that it may be better to format the output and only have number in the BD.

Thank you

[James]

can do it with smarty

http://www.smarty.net/forums/viewtop...fa8a5055385000

[ThankYou]

Thank for the quick reply.

Could you please tell me what pages I need to put that function fix on.

Sorry but I have very little experience with PHPLD.

Thanks

[James]

make a new php file named

modifier.format_phone.php


in it place

Content visible to registered users only.

upload it to libs/smarty/plugins folder

then in the detail.php

find {$PHONE_NUMBER|escape|trim}

change it to {$PHONE_NUMBER|format_phone:'%s/%s.%s'}

[ThankYou]

Thank you so much. I will try it ASAP.

[ThankYou]

This {$PHONE_NUMBER|escape|trim} doesn't exist on details.php
I replaced it in detail.tpl and the result was a phone number like this 239/643.5544

[James]

change
%s/%s.%s

to
%s-%s-%s

[ThankYou]

It's working, thank you!