diff --git a/md-validator.js b/md-validator.js
index 132deec..04a9a5b 100644
--- a/md-validator.js
+++ b/md-validator.js
@@ -263,6 +263,75 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
     // Telephone number seems to be valid - return the stripped telehone number
     return telnum;
   };
+
+  this.validatePhone = function(params) {
+    "use strict";
+
+    var f = params.f;
+    var uk = params.uk || false;
+    var flag = params.flag;
+    var v = params.number;
+    var required = params.req || false;
+    var itrx, iflag = true;
+
+    var onlyDigits = function(inval) {
+
+      var ch, ws = '', allowed = "0123456789+";
+
+      for (var t = 0; t <= inval.length; t++) {
+        ch = inval.charAt(t);
+        if (allowed.indexOf(ch) != -1) ws = ws + ch;
+      }
+
+      return ws;
+    };
+
+    if (v.length == 0 && required == true) return '';
+
+    if (v.length > 0) {
+      var internationalTest1 = /((\+|00)([0-9]{2,3}))(\(0\)|0)([1-9][0-9]{9})$/i;
+      var internationalTest2 = /((\+|00)([0-9]{2,3}))([1-9][0-9]{9})$/i;
+
+      // tidy up international format numbers.
+      if (internationalTest1.test(v) == true) {
+        itrx = internationalTest1.exec(v);
+        v = "00" + itrx[3] + itrx[5];
+      }
+      else if (internationalTest2.test(v) == true) {
+        itrx = internationalTest2.exec(v);
+        v = "00" + itrx[3] + itrx[4];
+      }
+
+      // strip invalid characters
+      v = onlyDigits(v);
+      if (v.length < 8) return '';
+
+      // only do this if it hasn't already failed
+
+      if (uk) {
+        // perform uk specific tests
+        // de-internationalise the number
+        if (v.substr(0, 3) == "+44") v = "0" + v.substr(3, v.length);
+        if (v.substr(0, 4) == "0044") v = "0" + v.substr(4, v.length);
+        var pcv = this.checkUKTelephone(v);
+        if (pcv === false) return '';
+        if (pcv != false) v = pcv;
+      }
+      else {
+        // assume foreign
+
+        if (!(v.charAt(0) == "+" || v.substr(0, 2) == "00")) {
+          // not right?
+
+          return '';
+        }
+
+      }
+    }
+
+    return v;
+  };
+
 };
 
 module.exports = VALIDATE;
diff --git a/test/phone-validator.js b/test/phone-validator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9991ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/phone-validator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"use strict";
+var $V = require('../md-validator');
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('Phone Validator', function() {
+  it('should not validate an empty phone number', function(done) {
+    assert.equal($V.validatePhone({number: ''}), '');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('should validate an normal uk number', function(done) {
+    assert.equal($V.validatePhone({number: '01389 602001', uk: true}),
+      '01389602001');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('should validate an normal prefixed uk number', function(done) {
+    assert.equal($V.validatePhone({number: '+441389 602002', uk: true}),
+      '01389602002');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('should validate a bracketted uk number', function(done) {
+    assert.equal($V.validatePhone({number: '(0)1389 602003', uk: true}),
+      '01389602003');
+    done();
+  });
+
+
+});