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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 \djekl\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 (\djekl\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";
}