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at March 17, 2008 15:11 by naz
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function parseUkPostcode($postcode) {
$postcode = strtoupper(ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "", trim($postcode)));
$lenght = strlen($postcode);
if($lenght < 5 OR $lenght == 4){
$regex = '/^([A-Z]{1,2})([0-9][0-9A-Z]?)$/';
if (preg_match($regex, $postcode, $part)) {
$code = array(
'full' => $part[1] . $part[2],
'area' => $part[1],
'district' => $part[2],
'outer' => $part[1] . $part[2],
'sector' => NULL,
'walk' => NULL,
'inner' => NULL
);
}else{
$code = NULL;
}
}else{
$regex = '/^([A-Z]{1,2})([0-9][0-9A-Z]?)\s*([0-9])([A-Z]{2})$/';
if (preg_match($regex, $postcode, $part)) {
$code = array(
'full' => $part[1].$part[2].' '.$part[3].$part[4],
'area' => $part[1],
'district' => $part[2],
'outer' => $part[1] . $part[2],
'sector' => $part[3],
'walk' => $part[4],
'inner' => $part[3] . $part[4]
);
}else{
$code = NULL;
}
}
return $code;
}
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This function can validate and parse UK postcode like SW1A 1AA in to formated array.
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UK postcode parser
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regex, php, array
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PHP