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# `payer_invalid_phone_number`

`payer_invalid_phone_number`

## Description

The phone number provided for the payer could not be validated.

## HTTP Status

`422 Unprocessable Content`

## `doc_url` Format

The `doc_url` value is an absolute URL and changes by environment:

`<docs-base-url>/errors/payer_invalid_phone_number`

## Typical Causes

* The phone number format is invalid (for example wrong prefix or digit count).
* The phone number is empty or contains unsupported characters.

## How To Fix

1. Provide a valid phone number that passes basic format validation.
2. Retry the request.