# Phone Parser Guide

Parse and format phone numbers by country.

- Tool: https://ilham.dev/tools/phone-parser/
- Guide URL: https://ilham.dev/guides/phone-parser/
- Tool guides index: https://ilham.dev/guides/tools/
- Broader guide: Indonesian Data Formats (https://ilham.dev/guides/indonesian-data-formats/)

## What it does

Parse and format a phone number by country, showing the international and national forms, the country calling code and whether the number is valid for that region.

## Use the tool

Open https://ilham.dev/tools/phone-parser/, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.

## Input and output

- Input: text.
- Output: text.
- Category: Data.

## Privacy and processing
Processing happens locally in your browser. This tool does not upload the input to ilham.dev.

## Questions

### Why does a number I know is real show as invalid?

Validation checks the length and prefix rules for the selected region. A number can be genuinely in service and still fail those rules, for example if it was issued before a numbering plan change.