<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;

class Controller extends BaseController
{
    use AuthorizesRequests, ValidatesRequests;

    public function validateGhanaPhone($phone) {
    // Remove spaces, dashes, etc.
    $phone = preg_replace('/\D+/', '', $phone);

    // If it starts with 0 (e.g. 0241234567), strip the leading 0
    if (strpos($phone, '0') === 0) {
        $phone = substr($phone, 1);
    }

    // If it starts with Ghana country code without + (233...), add +
    if (strpos($phone, '233') === 0) {
        $phone = '+'.$phone;
    }

    // If it doesn’t start with +233, prepend it
    if (strpos($phone, '+233') !== 0) {
        $phone = '+233'.$phone;
    }

    // Now validate length: Ghana mobile numbers are 9 digits after +233
    $pattern = '/^\+233\d{9}$/';

    if (preg_match($pattern, $phone)) {
        return $phone; // valid, normalized
    } else {
        return false; // invalid
    }
}

}
