- substr: documentation ( source)
- ltrim: documentation ( source)
- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- strpos: documentation ( source)
<?php
$data = ['phone' => ' +2514017257'];
if (isset($data['phone'])) {
$data['phone'] = ltrim($data['phone']);
if (strpos($data['phone'], '+') === 0) {
$data['phone'] = substr($data['phone'], 1, strlen($data['phone']) -1 );
var_dump($data['phone']);
} else {
echo 'ok';
}
}