CNIC Validation by regular expression

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1

I’m trying to validate a 15 digit CNIC Number (XXXXX-XXXXXXX-X) using the following code at inserting:

if (preg_match('/^([0-9]{5})[\-]([0-9]{7})[\-]([0-9]{1})+/', $rsnew['teacher_cnic'])) {
     $rsnew['teacher_cnic'] = clearInput($rsnew['teacher_cnic']);                                   
 } else {                                                                         
     echo "Invalid CNIC";
 }

But this is not working as expectedly can anyone give me some guidance

2

You may try this code:

if (preg_match('/^([0-9]{5})[\-]([0-9]{7})[\-]([0-9]{1})+/', $rsnew['teacher_cnic'])) {
    $rsnew['teacher_cnic'] = clearInput($rsnew['teacher_cnic']);                                   
 } else {                                                                         
    $this->setFailureMessage("Invalid CNIC");
    return false;
 }