Re: email address syntax checker

> Peter Lind wrote: > [snip] >> if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) { >> echo "Bad user! Bad user!"; >> } >> >> Regards >> Peter > > > thanks peter... wish I would have known about filter_var before > writing the other checkers. ;-) Hi D :-) I was following along.. also felt pleased to be introduced to filter_var .... and then happened to see this: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php the user-contributed note, headed with: php dot 5 dot leenoble at SPAMMENOTspamgourmet dot net 18-Dec-2009 10:01 "Note that FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL used in isolation is not enough for most (if not all) web based registration forms. It will happily pronounce "yourname" as valid because presumably the "@localhost" is implied, so you still have to check that the domain portion of the address exists. " So I am surprised Peter recommended it. (?) AFAICT, I should stick with what I was using: $emailPattern = '/^[\w\.\-_\+]+@[\w-]+(\.\w{2,4})+$/i'; // $emailReplacement = 'theEmailAppearsValid'; $emailChecker = preg_replace($emailPattern, $emailReplacement, $emailToCheck); if($emailChecker == 'theEmailAppearsValid') { //--theEmailLooksValid, so use it... } else { //--theEmailLooksBad, so do not use it... } ------------ Govinda