How do I hyperlink a phone number?

Question

I am trying to hyperlink a number (international phone number) on my HTML webpage.

I've looked at tons of other examples online, and mine looks exactly the same so I'm not sure why it's not working :(

<a href="tel:+44 20 7123 4567">+44 20 7123 4567</a>

and here is my error message

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Possible duplicate of [URL Scheme for Phone Call](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1009181/url-scheme-for-phone-call) — Progman, Nov 12 '18 at 22:06
@Progman It is not a duplicate because the OP knows it's `tel:` but is having issues with encoding. — Dai, Nov 12 '18 at 22:07
Possible duplicate of [href="tel:" and mobile numbers](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17219688/href-tel-and-mobile-numbers) — , Nov 12 '18 at 22:09
Although it's not technically allowed, that link works fine for me on more than one device. Seems like more of an issue with the UI you're trying to type it into — But those new buttons though.., Nov 12 '18 at 22:17

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:10

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HREF links can’t contain spaces.

So your code will look like:

<a href="tel:+442071234567">+44 20 7123 4567</a>

answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:06

Hyperlinks (the URI in href="") cannot contain spaces. Fortunately E.123 and E.164 (the international phone number standards) do not require spaces or formatting characters either.

You have two options:

Use URI-encoded spaces %20:

<a href="tel:+44%2020%207123%204567">+44 20 7123 4567</a>

Remove spaces:

<a href="tel:+442071234567">+44 20 7123 4567</a>

I prefer #2 because it makes it easier to see the real digits because %20 contains digits.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:07

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Remove the space between the numbers in your html. For example: <a href="tel:+442071234567">+44 20 7123 4567</a>.

answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:07

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