Re: email validation regex

This one time, at band camp, "bruce" <bedouglas@earthlink.net> wrote: > hi.. > > looking for a good/working/tested php email validation regex that conforms > to the rfc2822 standard. This will be fun, everybody has their own which is always best. No two people will agree what is correct method and will always come with a 'better' one. This is generally accompanied by derision and ridicule of the others. To this end, I will start the ball rolling with this one... preg_match('/^\S+@[\w\d.-]{2,}\.[\w]{2,6}$/iU', $email) Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."