Re: simple email validation ereg

Maybe I'm biased, but if you grab validateEmailFormat.php from www.killersoft.com, you'd be able to do something as simple as this: <?php include("/path/to/validateEmailFormat.php"); $email = "foo@foo.foo"; $isValid = validateEmailFormat($email); if($isValid) { // do whatever you need to do } else { echo "sorry, that address isn't formatted properly."; } ?> validateEmailFormat.php is a translation of the Perl regular expression that's widely considered to be the defintive test of a valid RFC822 address. Can't go wrong with that. : ) -Clay > From: Justin French <justin@indent.com.au> > Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 14:13:40 +1000 > To: php <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: [PHP] simple email validation ereg > > Hi, > > I know that there are more complex functions and classes out there for > validating email address', but some of them do return "invalid" on > *technically* valid, although uncommon email address', so all I want is a > simple test for: > > (anything)@(anything) followed by 1 or more (.anything) > > ie > foo@foo : invalid > foo@foo.foo : valid > foo@foo.foo.foo.foo.foo : valid > > i wish to allow ANYTHING really -- not just a-z,A-z,0-9,_,- technically > spaces, brackets, and all sorts of crap are valid in the user portion of the > email address :) > > > this will return true for foo@blah.com foo@blah.com.au foo@foo.blah.com.au > etc etc... i'm aware that the results will not necessarily BE valid email > address', but at least they'll *look* like valid email address'. > > it's for a simple guestbook/message board where some creative people have > put in "lalaland" or "myplace" as an email address, rather than entering > something that at least LOOKS like a valid address, or optionally leaving > the field blank. > > my aim will be to strip out anything that doesn't at least LOOK like like an > email address. > > > regards, > > justin french > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >