Re: Parsing the From field

My web site is used by people from approximately of 90 countries. - I will use just "name" instead of first name / last name. - e-mail address Ron Piggott www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info -----Original Message----- From: Alain Williams Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:29 AM To: Ron Piggott Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Parsing the From field On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:23:59AM -0500, Ron Piggott wrote:

I am unsure of how to parse first name, last name and e-mail address from the 'From:' field of an e-mail. What I am struggling with is if the name has more than two words - Such as the last name being multiple words - A name a business or department is given instead of a personal name - If the person has included their middle name, middle initial or degrees (“Dr.”) - If last name has multiple words Also the formatting of the from field changes in various e-mail programs: From: Ron Piggott <ron.piggott@actsministries.org> From: "Ron Piggott" <ron.piggott@actsministries.org> From: ron.piggott@actsministries.org From: <ron.piggott@actsministries.org> If there is more than 2 words for the name I would like them to be assigned to the last name.

You can make no such assumption, different people/companies/... do it in different ways. If you really want to have fun look at the different 'norms' from different countries. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h>