Re: checking if e-mail address and syntax are valid
| From: | Martin Skjöldebrand | Date: | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:38:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: checking if e-mail address and syntax are valid | ||
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Carlos Fernando Scheidecker Antunes wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I would like to know if anyone has or know any PHP code to verify if a
> form entered e-mail address is valid?
>
> I would like that things like 4$%^%$@@.com.br could not be sent. I only
> has to verify the syntax of it, the existance I believe should be harder
> to verify but if it is possible I would be glad if anyone could point me
> the way.
This is taken from PHP Developers Cookbook. Don't ask me exactly what it
does, because I don't know. I think I can grasp the basics of it though.
It isn't fool proof tho.
if (!eregi ("^([a-z0-9_]|\\-|\\.)+@(([a-z0-9_]|\\-)+\\.)+[a-z]{2,4}$",
$users)) die ("Invalid email");
M.