Phone Number Validation MVC

Question

I am trying to use a regular expression to validate a phone number and return an error when an invalid number or phone number is submitted.

MVC Code:

<ol class="row">
    <li class="cell" style="width: 20%;">Phone Number:</li>
    <li class="cell last" style="width: 60%;">
        @Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.PhoneNumber, new { @class = "textbox" }) 
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)
    </li>
</ol>

C# Code:

[DataType(DataType.PhoneNumber)]
[Display(Name = "Phone Number")]
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Phone Number Required!")]
[RegularExpression(@"^\(?([0-9]{3})\)?[-. ]?([0-9]{3})[-. ]?([0-9]{4})$",
                   ErrorMessage = "Entered phone format is not valid.")]
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }

However, the input box will not show a message to the user indicating that the phone number which was submitted is not valid.

Answer 1

Model

[Required(ErrorMessage = "You must provide a phone number")]
[Display(Name = "Home Phone")]
[DataType(DataType.PhoneNumber)]
[RegularExpression(@"^\(?([0-9]{3})\)?[-. ]?([0-9]{3})[-. ]?([0-9]{4})$", ErrorMessage = "Not a valid phone number")]
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }

View:

@Html.LabelFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.PhoneNumber)