> ## Documentation Index
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# Phone Number

> The phone number field in a HireData form, with the placeholder, length, and validation pattern settings a text field has, and how to enforce a format.

Phone Number is a single-line box for a telephone number. The respondent sees a handset mark in the empty box.

It sits in the **Contact Info** group of the **Add Content** palette.

## Settings

The card carries the [settings every field shares](/reference/forms/overview#settings-every-field-shares). Phone Number adds the same four a text field has.

* **Placeholder**, up to 255 characters, shown in the empty box.
* **Minimum Length** and **Maximum Length**, counted in characters.
* **Validation Pattern**, a regular expression the answer has to match.

There is no phone-specific validation message, so **Validation Pattern** is how you insist on a format. If your process needs numbers in international form, ask for it in the **Description** and back it with a pattern.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/hiredata/O0iPMTZzMYN4_Z17/images/forms-builder/fields/03-phone-number.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=O0iPMTZzMYN4_Z17&q=85&s=067500923fd3386dd59acb4e64988e25" alt="A Phone Number field card showing Question, Description, Image, Placeholder, Minimum Length, Maximum Length, Validation Pattern, the auto reply, the three evaluator switches, and a footer reading Optional, beside a preview showing an answer box with a handset mark" width="2944" height="2320" data-path="images/forms-builder/fields/03-phone-number.png" />

## What it stores

Text, the number as the respondent typed it. HireData does not reformat it.

## Logic operators

| Operator         | Matches when                              |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| has response     | the respondent answered at all            |
| is equal to      | the answer is exactly the value           |
| is not equal to  | the answer is anything else               |
| starts with      | the answer begins with the value          |
| ends with        | the answer ends with the value            |
| contains         | the value appears somewhere in the answer |
| does not contain | the value appears nowhere in the answer   |

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/hiredata/O0iPMTZzMYN4_Z17/images/forms-builder/fields/operators-phone-number.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=O0iPMTZzMYN4_Z17&q=85&s=4c837d2cec63d390db5e71a295e5fac5" alt="The Logic tab with the operator picker open on a Phone Number condition, listing has response, is equal to, is not equal to, starts with, ends with, contains, and does not contain" width="1014" height="840" data-path="images/forms-builder/fields/operators-phone-number.png" />

## Evaluation

Switch **Criteria**, **Scoring**, or **Skills** on for the form in the [Evaluation tab](/reference/forms/evaluation/overview) and each one gets a switch on this card. A number is rarely worth evaluating, so most forms leave all three off here.

## Related

* [Form builder overview](/reference/forms/overview) covers the builder, the shared settings, and every field type.
* [Logic](/reference/forms/logic) covers the operators, the branching patterns, and what to check when a rule does not fire.
* [Email](/reference/forms/fields/email) and [Website](/reference/forms/fields/website) are the other two Contact Info fields.
* [How to use forms in WhatsApp conversations](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/how-to-use-forms-in-whatsapp-conversations) explains where the auto replies go.


## Related topics

- [Buy a phone number from Numero for your WhatsApp account](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/buy-a-phone-number-from-numero-for-your-whatsapp-account.md)
- [Combined fields explained: how HireData picks a value](/apps/carerix/combined-fields-explained.md)
- [Connect with WhatsApp: Embedded sign-up](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/connect-with-whatsapp-embedded-sign-up.md)
- [WhatsApp error codes explained](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/whatsapp-error-codes-explained.md)
- [Prevent your WhatsApp account from being flagged as spam](/apps/messaging/whatsapp/how-to-prevent-your-whatsapp-account-from-being-flagged-as-spam.md)