How can regular expressions be utilized to validate phone numbers in PHP, as demonstrated in the thread?

Regular expressions can be utilized to validate phone numbers in PHP by defining a pattern that matches the desired format of a phone number. This pattern can include specific rules for the number of digits, allowed characters, and any optional elements such as area codes or country codes. By using the preg_match function in PHP with the defined regular expression pattern, we can easily check if a given phone number string matches the desired format. 

$phone_number = "123-456-7890";
$pattern = "/^\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}$/";

if (preg_match($pattern, $phone_number)) {
    echo "Valid phone number";
} else {
    echo "Invalid phone number";
}

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