title: What is the best regular expression for phone numbers?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/123559/a-comprehensive-regex-for-phone-number-validation">A comprehensive regex for phone number validation</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2113908/what-regular-expression-will-match-valid-international-phone-numbers">What regular expression will match valid international phone numbers?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I've seen some posts on StackOverflow on regular expressions that match phone numbers.
  But many don't seem to take into account possible spaces or dashed between numbers to increase readability.</p>
  
  <p>I'm from the Netherlands, but I'd like to use a regex which matches any phone number, including those in foreign countries.</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to use it for a plugin such as the Skype find-and-replace plugin for browsers.</p>
  
  <p>Currently, I'm using the following regex:</p>
  
  <pre><code>^((\+)?)([\s-.\(\)]*\d{1}){8,13}$
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Has anybody got any improvements for that one?</p>