Utilities

SSN Transformation

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	jasrags
Entered:	20/01/2005
Last modified:	01/12/2004
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This is a snippit to transform a SSN to a formatted SSN. I.E. 123456789 into 123-45-6789.

<?php
/**

                                * @return string Formatted value string

                                * @param string $value The value passed from 

                                * @desc Plugin to transform a SSN into XXX-XX-XXXX format.

                                */

                                function transformSSN($value)

                                {

                                    //Remove spaces and -'s

                                    $value = trim($value);

                                    $value = str_replace('-','',$value);

                            

                                    //Add them back

                                    $value = substr($value, 0, 3).'-'.substr($value, 3, 2).'-'.substr($value, 5, 4);

                            

                                    //Return string in a XXX-XX-XXXX format

                                    return $value;

                                }
?>

Usage Example

$ssn = transformSSN($ssn);

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