Error: Phone numbers in ar_EG

[AhmedAlaa4611]

Summary

Phone numbers in ar_EG is not working as expected, it produces other phone number which is not Egyptian ones.

Versions

	Version
PHP	8.2.4
fakerphp/faker	1.24.1

Self-enclosed code snippet for reproduction

$faker = Faker\Factory::create('ar_EG');

echo $faker->phoneNumber();

Expected output

Expected a number starts with 010 or 011 or 012 or 015 followed by 8 digits, like:

01024587967

or

01140009150

or

01270773901

or

 01589713732

Actual output

Output that does not start with the expected prefix and sometimes include characters that does not exist in the Egyptian phones such as ., ( and )

+1-508-876-5010

or

+1 (762) 759-1405

or

954.275.5771

Suggested code to fix the issue

We can create a new file called PhoneNumber in src\Provider\ar_EG that contains the following code

<?php

namespace Faker\Provider\ar_EG;

class PhoneNumber extends \Faker\Provider\PhoneNumber
{
    protected static $formats = [
        '010########',
        '011########',
        '012########',
        '015########',
    ];
}

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[AhmedAlaa4611]

“This is still an issue” can help.

[pimjansen]

“This is still an issue” can help.

Feel free to raise a PR and a proper source of the phonemumber spec