Calling a telephone number?

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January 22nd, 2013, 06:10 AM

paulh1983

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PHP-General - Calling a telephone number?

Is there anyway to verify a user input phone number is real?

Wikipedia says we can issue some tests

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_number_verification

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Line test

An aborted call is made to the subscriber line. This automated service “listens” to check for Ringback tones, Busy Signals, Answered call, Voice mail automated answering, or network operator injected messages such as “the number called is not in service”. This method benefits from being international and covering mobile phones. However, the check can take up to 30 seconds to complete (average time 9 seconds). This delay can be handled well by the use of AJAX background processes for example by allowing the user to continue filling in other fields in a form while the line test is performed.

the bolded text seem to suggest we can do it but i have not been able to get this info from google

January 22nd, 2013, 07:16 AM

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Phonetray has a free web site that you could screen scrap.

www.phonetray.net/Search.aspx?n=1234567890

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January 22nd, 2013, 07:55 AM

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Normally you verify a phone just like you would an email address: Send it a special code and have them input the code. That's how google voice does it.

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