note 61129 added to function.preg-match

Intending to use preg_match to check whether an email address is in a valid format? The following page contains some very useful information about possible formats of email addresses, some of which may surprise you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address ---- Server IP: 210.55.230.123 (proxied: 202.89.36.242 1.0 proxy5.akl1.maxnet.net.nz:8080 (Squid/2.4.STABLE2)) Probable Submitter: 202.180.83.6 (proxied: 202.180.121.110) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+61129 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61129&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+61129&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php