Bug #68659 [Com]: VALIDATE_EMAIL max length

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68659&edit=1 ID: 68659 Comment by: support at camolist dot com Reported by: support at camolist dot com Summary: VALIDATE_EMAIL max length Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Filter related PHP Version: 5.6.4 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: string(258) ""xxxx"."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com" string(260) ""xxxx"."xx"."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com" etc etc etc also all validate as valid emails (take one local character away for every dot separated quoted group you add Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-12-27 00:14:25] support at camolist dot com Description: ------------ following along with http://squiloople.com/2009/12/20/email-address-validation/ (php uses this syntax for the filter) "limiting the entire length to 254 characters" 254 is brought up several times yet the following code validates and is 256 characters caused trouble for mysql setting a column to 254 expecting that to be the max size Test script: --------------- var_dump(filter_var('"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com',FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68659&edit=1