note 24162 added to function.ereg

use ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)| (([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$ for perfect email validation i actually found this on an asp site... but the syntax for regular expressions is all the same... they also have a reg exp tester script.... http://www.regexlib.com very very very useful -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+24162 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+24162 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+24162