#50431 [Opn->Bgs]: Using filter_var to filter an email address returns incorrect result

ID: 50431 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported By: troy at scriptedmotion dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filter related Operating System: Ubuntu PHP Version: 5.2.11 New Comment: That's a valid email address. Email addresses don't need a tld. Try emailing root@localhost, for example. Any locally defined host can potentially receive email. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-09 18:59:19] troy at scriptedmotion dot com Description: ------------ Using filter_var to filter a string containing an email address with no top level domain returns the string instead of false. For example: filter_var('t@1', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL); returns 't@1' instead of false. Reproduce code: --------------- filter_var('t@1', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL); // returns 't@1' instead of false. Expected result: ---------------- false Actual result: -------------- "t@1" // a string ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50431&edit=1