Why is my regex returning false?

Question

Ok so Im selecting some scraped text from my db and trying to parse for the phone number. Its in there and Im not getting any errors but the var_dump is returning int 0 Why? Here's the code

$query1 = "SELECT adtext, `key`  FROM usedcars WHERE `key` = $x";

    mysqli_query($conn, $query1);

    $link_result = mysqli_query($conn, $query1);
    $result = mysqli_fetch_assoc($link_result);



    //now parse that number

     $phone_number = preg_match("/^((([0-9]{1})*[- .(]*([0-9]{3})[- .)]*[0-9]{3}[- .]*[0-9]{4})+)*$/", $result['adtext']);

     var_dump($phone_number);
    }

Btw, this is a part of a loop that iterates through each rowin the db. Like I said, its not throwing an error, just not recognizing the number so I think maybe there is something wrong with the regex or idk. Here is the particular text its preg_match -ing

    2001 Ford POS in great condition but definitely Im a liar and it will break down before you get home. Fix.Or.Repair.Daily that what I always say<br>
<br>
NO Blocked Calls<br>
<br>
I AM IN WASHINGTON D.C / VIRGINIA / MARYLAND Local buyers only<br>
<br>
<b>No warranty</b><br>Forsale by owner<br>
<br>
<b>Accepting first offer</b>
<b>24 hours call  <u><b>Call Me ☎ 202-510-5939</b></b></u>


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       &bull; Location: 

         Northern Virginia, ☎ 202-210-5936

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Help a slow guy out please!

Answer 1

([0-9]?[- .(]*[0-9]{3}[- .)][0-9]{3}[- .][0-9]{4})

Didn't exactly understand your regex but you can try this.More testing would be required though.Try here.

http://regex101.com/r/lZ5mN8/1

Your regex will not work because of the anchors ^ and & . They will match the start and end of the line. I have removed them and modified your regex.