public function testNormaliseStripAlphaCharacters()
 {
     $inputNumber = "034-56&+a#234";
     $expectedOutput = "03456234";
     $this->assertEquals($expectedOutput, $this->phoneUtil->normalizeDigitsOnly($inputNumber), "Conversion did not correctly remove alpha character");
 }
 private function matchesEmergencyNumberHelper($number, $regionCode, $allowPrefixMatch)
 {
     $number = PhoneNumberUtil::extractPossibleNumber($number);
     $matcher = new Matcher(PhoneNumberUtil::$PLUS_CHARS_PATTERN, $number);
     if ($matcher->lookingAt()) {
         // Returns false if the number starts with a plus sign. WE don't believe dialling the country
         // code before emergency numbers (e.g. +1911) works, but later, if that proves to work, we can
         // add additional logic here to handle it.
         return false;
     }
     $metadata = $this->getMetadataForRegion($regionCode);
     if ($metadata === null || !$metadata->hasEmergency()) {
         return false;
     }
     $emergencyNumberPattern = $metadata->getEmergency()->getNationalNumberPattern();
     $normalizedNumber = PhoneNumberUtil::normalizeDigitsOnly($number);
     $emergencyMatcher = new Matcher($emergencyNumberPattern, $normalizedNumber);
     return !$allowPrefixMatch || in_array($regionCode, self::$regionsWhereEmergencyNumbersMustBeExact) ? $emergencyMatcher->matches() : $emergencyMatcher->lookingAt();
 }