Try this<br>    var  string_name = /^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{4}$/;<br><br>My guess is you are trying to validate a phone number?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Rad! <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">What i would personally do is use regular expression replacement<div><br></div><div>Your search regex will be as follows</div>
<div><br></div><div>.{4}</div><div><br></div><div>That will match every four characters</div><div>
<br></div><div>The replacement regex will be as follows</div><div><br></div><div>$&amp;-</div><div><br></div><div>That will replace each match i.e. each four characters with the match and then add a dash after<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:45 AM, julianne anyim <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:julia.alma@hotmail.com" target="_blank">julia.alma@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Try this.....<br><br>$orig_string = &quot;123456789&quot;;<br>$insert_string = &quot;-&quot;;<br>$position = &quot;4&quot;;<br>$newstring=substr_replace($orig_string, $insert_string, $position, 0);<br>echo $newstring;<br>

<br>Regards,<br>Julianne<br><br><hr>From: <a href="mailto:eriknjenga@gmail.com" target="_blank">eriknjenga@gmail.com</a><br>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:12:49 +0300<br>To: <a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a><br>

Subject: [Skunkworks] PHP String Manipulation<div><div></div><div><br><br>Anyone got an idea of an internal PHP function that would enable me to insert a symbol e.g. &#39;-&#39; after every 4 characters in a String? e.g. 12345678 becomes 1234-5678.<br clear="all">

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