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function sanitizeSender($phone, $countryCode) {
        // Added by Diego Massanti to sanitize the phone number in all possible ways, depending on carrier and country code.
        // This function standarizes the phone numbers so we have a single format systemwide.
        // $countryCode is a string with only numbers.


        // First, remove all spaces
        trim($phone);
        $phone = str_replace(" ", "", $phone);

        // Second we remove the country code and any strange sign (if received)
        if (substr($phone, 0, 2) == $countryCode) {
                $phone = substr($phone, 2, strlen($phone));
        } else if (substr($phone, 0, 3) == "+".$countryCode) {
                $phone = substr($phone, 3, strlen($phone));
        }

        return $phone;
}