Modified validatePhone to accept a string or an object. If it is a string, it handles it as a UK phone number.

lib/md-validator.js

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  *
  */
 /* exported VALIDATE */
-var VALIDATE = new function() {
+var VALIDATE;
+VALIDATE = new function() {
 
   this.dateBuilder = function(d, m, y) {
     return new Date(Date.UTC(y, m, d, 0, 0, 0));
@@ -213,15 +214,15 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
 
     // Remove spaces from the telephone number to help validation
     while (telnum.indexOf(' ') !== -1) {
-      telnum = telnum.slice(0,
-          telnum.indexOf(' ')) + telnum.slice(telnum.indexOf(' ') + 1);
-    }
+          telnum = telnum.slice(0,
+              telnum.indexOf(' ')) + telnum.slice(telnum.indexOf(' ') + 1);
+        }
 
     // Remove hyphens from the telephone number to help validation
     while (telnum.indexOf('-') !== -1) {
-      telnum = telnum.slice(0,
-          telnum.indexOf('-')) + telnum.slice(telnum.indexOf('-') + 1);
-    }
+          telnum = telnum.slice(0,
+              telnum.indexOf('-')) + telnum.slice(telnum.indexOf('-') + 1);
+        }
 
     // Now check that all the characters are digits
 
@@ -273,15 +274,25 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
   };
 
   /**
-     *
-     * @param params
-     * @returns {string}
-     */
+   *
+   * @param params
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
   this.validatePhone = function(params) {
-    var uk = params.uk || false;
-    var v = params.number;
-    var required = params.req || false;
-    var itrx;
+    var uk, v, required, itrx;
+    if (typeof params === 'object') {
+      uk = params.uk || false;
+      v = params.number;
+      required = params.req || false;
+    }
+
+    if (typeof params === 'string') {
+      uk = true;
+      v = params;
+      required = false;
+    }
+
+
 
     var onlyDigits = function(inval) {
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "node-validator",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "description": "A collection of validators.",
   "main": "md-validator.js",
   "scripts": {

test/phone-validator.js

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ describe('Phone Validator', function() {
     done();
   });
 
-  it('should validate a bracketted uk number', function(done) {
-    assert.equal($V.validatePhone({number: '(0)1389 602003', uk: true}),
-      '01389602003');
+  it('should validate a number with no options', function(done) {
+    assert.equal($V.validatePhone('01389 602001'),
+      '01389602001');
     done();
   });