Re: eregi and emails

>>>>> "KB" == Kurth Bemis <kurth@usaexpress.net> writes: > hey all look at this code..... i input kurth@usaexpress.net and > its returns true...i input kurth@usaexpress.au or > kurth@usaexpress.com.au > and i get false....looking at my regexp i see nothing wrong....does > somebody else? > if (eregi("^[_\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][-0-9a-z\.]+)\.([a-z]{2,3}$)", > $email, $check)) { This regular expression matches all the examples you gave. Is it possible that you had spaces before or after your test strings? It might be an idea to trim() the input before trying to match it. Incidently your regular expression matches foo@bar...baz which it probably shouldn't. -robin -- Robin Vickery............................................... Planet-Three, 3A West Point, Warple Way, London, W3 0RG, UK Email: robin@planet-three.net Phone: +44 (0)870 729 5444