Re: Regex for email validation

Honestly, I'd stick to using php's filter extension. It -should- be the best one out there. If it is not processing something it should, then it's a bug - submit it so all of us benefit :) I am tired of trying to find regexps and all that every time, I put my stock into PHP's core when I can. On 8/27/08, Lupus Michaelis <mickael+php@lupusmic.org> wrote: > mike a écrit : > > > > php should have a good check built-in. > > > > see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php > > > > Argh ! Howmany times it is in ? I spent so many time to write a regex that > belongs the RFC822 :-/ Because all the regex in answer here was false. They > don't allow email like "Mickael Doodoo"@lupusmic.com nor > mickael+doudou@lupusmic.org ; and they are valuable email addresses. Without > the fact that a top level domain isn't always between two and three > characters (think about .museum). > > -- > Mickaël Wolff aka Lupus Michaelis > http://lupusmic.org > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >