RE: [PHP] Checking for and @ and a .

Use a regular expression to test the variable submitted by the form. This is an excerpt from my usual validation script using ereg().. I'm sure you can adapt this for your purposes.. if (!ereg('^[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+'. '@'. '[-!#$%&\'*+\\/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+\.'. '[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+$', $email_address)) { $send = "no"; } HTH james -----Original Message----- From: Philip J. Newman [mailto:newmanpj@philipsdomain.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:11 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Checking for and @ and a . I'm trying to make an email field and I would like to check that its valid by checking for an @ and a . can someone point me in the right direction for this. THanks Philip J. Newman Philip's Domain - Internet Project. http://www.philipsdomain.com/ info@philipsdomain.com Phone: +64 25 6144012 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php