Dev Tools · 2h ago
Stop using regex for phone validation; use Google's libphonenumber instead
Regex-based phone validation fails because international numbering plans change over time. Google's libphonenumber library provides country-aware validity checks and normalization. A lightweight JS port, libphonenumber-js, offers the same functionality with minimal overhead.
Meridian48 take
The advice is sound, but the article's self-promotion of a paid API wrapper undermines the open-source spirit of the solution.
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