diff --git a/app/destinations/app_config.php b/app/destinations/app_config.php
index 138a410c98..4cc868d413 100644
--- a/app/destinations/app_config.php
+++ b/app/destinations/app_config.php
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@
 		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['type'] = "text";
 		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['description']['en-us'] = "Enter the number.";
 		$z++;
+		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['name'] = "destination_number_regex";
+		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['type'] = "text";
+		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['description']['en-us'] = "Regular Expression version of destination number";
+		$z++;
 		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['name'] = "destination_caller_id_name";
 		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['type'] = "text";
 		$apps[$x]['db'][$y]['fields'][$z]['description']['en-us'] = "Enter the caller id name.";
diff --git a/app/destinations/destination_edit.php b/app/destinations/destination_edit.php
index 410736a166..133ba059a7 100644
--- a/app/destinations/destination_edit.php
+++ b/app/destinations/destination_edit.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
 	Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
-	Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2013-2015
+	Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2013-2016
 	the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
 
 	Contributor(s):
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ if (file_exists($_SERVER["PROJECT_ROOT"]."/app/billing/app_config.php")) {
 			$destination_type = check_str($_POST["destination_type"]);
 			$destination_number = check_str($_POST["destination_number"]);
 			$db_destination_number = check_str($_POST["db_destination_number"]);
-			$regex_destination_number = str_replace("+", "\\+", $destination_number);
 			$destination_caller_id_name = check_str($_POST["destination_caller_id_name"]);
 			$destination_caller_id_number = check_str($_POST["destination_caller_id_number"]);
 			$destination_cid_name_prefix = check_str($_POST["destination_cid_name_prefix"]);
@@ -97,6 +96,9 @@ if (file_exists($_SERVER["PROJECT_ROOT"]."/app/billing/app_config.php")) {
 			$currency_buy = check_str($_POST["currency_buy"]);
 			$destination_accountcode = check_str($_POST["destination_accountcode"]);
 			$destination_carrier = check_str($_POST["destination_carrier"]);
+		//convert the number to a regular expression
+			$destination_number_regex = string_to_regex($destination_number);
+			$_POST["destination_number_regex"] = $destination_number_regex;
 	}
 
 //unset the db_destination_number
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ if (count($_POST) > 0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0) {
 							$dialplan["dialplan_details"][$y]["domain_uuid"] = $domain_uuid;
 							$dialplan["dialplan_details"][$y]["dialplan_detail_tag"] = "condition";
 							$dialplan["dialplan_details"][$y]["dialplan_detail_type"] = "destination_number";
-							$dialplan["dialplan_details"][$y]["dialplan_detail_data"] = "(".$regex_destination_number.")";
+							$dialplan["dialplan_details"][$y]["dialplan_detail_data"] = $destination_number_regex;
 							$dialplan["dialplan_details"][$y]["dialplan_detail_order"] = $dialplan_detail_order;
 							$y++;
 
diff --git a/resources/functions.php b/resources/functions.php
index 85f6c010a2..95154a55bb 100644
--- a/resources/functions.php
+++ b/resources/functions.php
@@ -1381,16 +1381,65 @@ function number_pad($number,$n) {
 
 //email validate
 	function email_validate($strEmail){
-	   $validRegExp =  '/^[a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}$/';
-	   // search email text for regular exp matches
-	   preg_match($validRegExp, $strEmail, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
+		$validRegExp =  '/^[a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}$/';
+		// search email text for regular exp matches
+		preg_match($validRegExp, $strEmail, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
+		if (count($matches) == 0) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		else {
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
 
-	   if (count($matches) == 0) {
-		return 0;
-	   }
-	   else {
-		return 1;
-	   }
-}
+//converts a string to a regular expression
+	function string_to_regex($string) {
+		//escape the plus
+			if (substr($string, 0, 1) == "+") {
+				$string = "^\\+(".substr($string, 1).")$";
+			}
+		//convert N,X,Z syntax to regex
+			$string = str_ireplace("N", "[2-9]", $string);
+			$string = str_ireplace("X", "[0-9]", $string);
+			$string = str_ireplace("Z", "[1-9]", $string);
+		//add ^ to the start of the string if missing
+			if (substr($string, 0, 1) != "^") {
+				$string = "^".$string;
+			}
+		//add $ to the end of the string if missing
+			if (substr($string, -1) != "$") {
+				$string = $string."$";
+			}
+		//add the round brackgets ( and )
+			if (!strstr($string, '(')) {
+				if (strstr($string, '^')) {
+					$string = str_replace("^", "^(", $string);
+				}
+				else {
+					$string = '^('.$string;
+				}
+			}
+			if (!strstr($string, ')')) {
+				if (strstr($string, '$')) {
+					$string = str_replace("$", ")$", $string);
+				}
+				else {
+					$string = $string.')$';
+				}
+			}
+		//return the result
+			return $string;
+	}
+	//$string = "+12089068227"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "12089068227"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "2089068227"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "^(20890682[0-9][0-9])$"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "1208906xxxx"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "nxxnxxxxxxx"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "208906xxxx"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "^(2089068227"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "^2089068227)"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "2089068227$"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
+	//$string = "2089068227)$"; echo $string." ".string_to_regex($string)."\n";
 
-?>
+?>
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