# 2.0.2 - 2018-04-18

### CHANGES:
##### validation:
- small refactor (remove unused code) in getCoutryCodeByVatNumberTest.

Author: lopadova

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All Notable changes to `support` will be documented in this file
 
+## 2.0.2 - 2018-04-18
+
+### CHANGES:
+##### validation:
+- small refactor (remove unused code) in getCoutryCodeByVatNumberTest.    
+
 ## 2.0.1 - 2018-04-18
 
 ### ADD:

src/validation.php

@@ -735,9 +735,7 @@ function getCoutryCodeByVatNumber(string $pi, string $fallback  ='IT'): string
 
     //try to find country code
     $countryCode = strtoupper(substr($pi, 0, 2));
-    if (preg_match('/^[A-Za-z]{2}$/', $countryCode) === 1) {
-        $pi = substr($pi, 2);
-    } else {
+    if (!(preg_match('/^[A-Za-z]{2}$/', $countryCode) === 1)) {
         $countryCode = $fallback;
     }
     return $countryCode;