Re: eregi problems

If the regexp matches, it is a valid email, so you need ! in front of it. dan radom wrote:

I've got a form that's posted to a php page where I'm attempting to validate a field contains a valid email address. The eregi below seems to be totally ignored...

     if (eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@[a-z0-9\._-]+$", $emp_email)) {
             echo "<center>please enter a valid email address</center>";
             exit;
     }

$emp_email is being posted to the form. Any ideas why this is being ignored? dan