API qualifier search with an whitespace replace upon the searched field

I've got the following: qualifier=(phone like '*+431234567890')

Where the '*+431234567890' cannot be edited, because i get that value from the call manager.
In Solarwinds the phone field is been set as +43 123 456 7890.
is it possible to replace the whitespaces?

something like: (REPLACE(phone,' ', '') like '*+431234567890')

or do I need to set the qualifier to:  (phone like '*+4*3*1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9*0')

Thanks in advandce