note 73874 added to function.eregi

Hi everybody, I tried some email validation and this is what i came up with. <?php //Assuming emails should have any of these combinations //$str = "aa@a.com"; //$str = "a1@a.com"; //$str = "a.1@a.com"; //$str = "a.1a1@a.com"; //$str = "a1.a1@a.com"; //$str = "a1.a_1@a.com"; //$str = "a1.a-1@a.com"; //$str = "a1.a_1-a@a.com"; //$str = "a1.a_1-a@a-a.com"; $str = "a1.a_1-a@a-a.com.do"; //Anything out of these examples echos wrong $str = "a1a@a.com"; if(eregi("^[a-z]+[a-z0-9_-]*(([.]{1})|([a-z0-9_-]*))[a-z0-9_-]+ [@]{1}[a-z0-9_-]+[.](([a-z]{2,3})|([a-z]{3}[.]{1}[a-z]{2}))$",$str)) { echo "Right<br>"; } else { echo "Wrong<br>"; }; ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 200.88.69.126 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eregi.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/73874 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73874 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/73874 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php