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A simple PHP class to validate a NHS Number and return a correctly formatted version.

Requirements

• PHP >= 5.3.3

Example

<?php // include the autoloader include __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; // setup our validator $nhsValidator = new \CloudDataService\NHSNumberValidation\Validator; // start with our test NHS number (usually taken via user input) $nhs_no = '401 023 2137'; try { $valid_nhs_no = $nhsValidator->valdate($nhs_no); } catch (\CloudDataService\NHSNumberValidation\InvalidNumberException $e) { die($e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL); } if (!empty($valid_nhs_no)) { print "YAY! {$valid_nhs_no} is a valid NHS Number\r\n"; }