Validation
International Phone (E.164)
Validate phone numbers in ITU-T E.164 international format: a + sign followed by 2–15 digits, first digit non-zero.
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Pattern
regexengine-agnostic
^\+[1-9]\d{1,14}$Raw source: ^\+[1-9]\d{1,14}$
How it works
^ anchors the start. \+ matches the required leading plus sign. [1-9] ensures the country code starts with a non-zero digit. \d{1,14} allows 1 to 14 additional digits for a total of 2–15 digits after the +, per E.164 spec. $ anchors the end.
Examples
Input
+14155552671Matches
+14155552671
Input
+442071838750Matches
+442071838750
Input
14155552671No match
—Common use cases
- •SMS / WhatsApp API integration (Twilio, Vonage)
- •International contact form validation
- •Phone number normalization pipelines
- •CRM data quality enforcement
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