How to easily convert letter combinations to phone number keypad numbers in AnQiCMS?

In everyday life, we sometimes encounter some phone numbers composed of letters and numbers, such as some companies may use easy-to-remember numbers like "999-PONGO2" for brand promotion.However, when actually making a phone call, these letters need to be converted to the corresponding numbers on the phone keypad.For website operators, if they can complete this conversion automatically on the website front-end, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance the user experience.

AnQiCMS as an efficient and customizable enterprise-level content management system fully considers these actual needs. It provides a clever and practical built-in feature, through a powerful template engine namedphone2numericThe filter, which can quickly and accurately convert these letter combinations into corresponding numbers without manual intervention.

Understandingphone2numericThe working principle of the filter

Thisphone2numericThe filter is one of the many practical tools of the AnQiCMS template system.Its core function is to map the input English letters (both uppercase and lowercase) to the corresponding numbers based on the standard layout of the telephone number keypad.Numbers and non-alphabetic characters will remain unchanged.

In particular, the conversion rules follow the internationally recognized telephone keyboard layout:

  • LettersA, B, CWill be converted to numbers2.
  • LettersD, E, FCorresponding number3.
  • LettersEnglishCorresponding number4.
  • LettersEnglishCorresponding number5.
  • LettersEnglishCorresponding number6.
  • LettersEnglishCorresponding number7.
  • LettersEnglishCorresponding number8.
  • LettersW, X, Y, ZCorresponding number9.

All characters that do not belong to the above alphabet, such as numbers, hyphens, spaces, or punctuation marks, will be retained as is during the conversion.

How to use in AnQiCMS templatephone2numeric

AnQiCMS's template engine uses syntax similar to Django templates, making the use of filters very intuitive and concise. In the template file, you can use similar{{ obj|phone2numeric }}The syntax to call this filter. Where,objis the string variable you need to convert.

Let us demonstrate through a practical example.If your website displays a phone number as “999-PONGO2”, you want to convert it into a pure numeric format for users to dial.

<p>我们的热线电话是：{{ "999-PONGO2"|phone2numeric }}</p>

When the page is rendered by AnQiCMS, the final result seen by the end user in the browser will be:

<p>我们的热线电话是：999-766462</p>

The system will automatically output it.999-766462，Perfectly converts letters to numbers.

phone2numericThe actual application scenarios of the filter

This conversion feature is very practical in many scenarios:

  1. Unified display of contact information:if your website content contains multiple formats of phone numbers, some with letters and some without, usephone2numericThey can be unified into pure numeric formats, ensuring that users see standard and directly dialable numbers.
  2. Flexible application of content models:Combine AnQiCMS flexible content model and custom field features, you can create a dedicated field for storing contact phone numbers. Whether the content editor enters alphanumeric mixed phone numbers or pure numbers in the background, they can be displayed on the front end throughphone2numericFilter performs unified processing.
  3. Data import and display:When you import data in bulk containing alphanumeric phone numbers from an external data source, there is no need for complex preprocessing before the import. Just add this filter when calling the front-end template, and AnQiCMS can automatically complete the conversion when displaying.

Benefiting from the flexible and Django-like template engine of AnQiCMS, developers and content operators can easily apply these filters at any location on the website, greatly enhancing the flexibility of content display and the convenience of data processing. Throughphone2numericFilter, AnQiCMS once again demonstrates its meticulousness and powerful capabilities in content management and data processing, making website operation more efficient and intelligent.

Common Questions (FAQ)

1.phone2numericFilter supports conversion of Chinese or other non-English characters? Answer:No,phone2numericThe filter is designed specifically for English letters to match the standard layout of the phone keypad.Non-English characters (such as Chinese) and numbers will remain unchanged during the conversion process and will not be processed or altered by this filter.

2. How will it handle if my phone number contains both letters and numbers, for example “123-HELP-456”? Answer:The filter will intelligently convert only the English alphabet part.For example, “123-HELP-456” will be transformed to “123-4357-456”, where non-letter characters such as numbers and hyphens are preserved, and only H, E, L, P are converted to 4, 3, 5, 7.

3. Can I set custom fields and apply this conversion directly in the AnQiCMS backend? Answer:Yes, you can define custom fields (such as "Contact Phone Number") in the content model of AnQiCMS backend to store these alphanumeric phone numbers. When calling these field contents in the front-end template, directly use the field variable.|phone2numericThe filter can be used to achieve the conversion and display. AnQiCMS will handle it automatically during page rendering, without the need for additional programming.