e-mail validation in php?

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May 1st, 2003, 08:02 PM

craigtaylor74

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e-mail validation in php?

I'm trying to validate my registration form but this script for the e-mail validity is returning an error. Can anyone tell me why? Or suggest another piece of code to check an e-mail address. In the meanwhile I've commented it out but I'd like to know a better solution.
Thanks.

/* // check an email address is possibly valid
else (!(preg_match("/^.{2,}?@.{2,}\./", $_POST['email'])))
{
include 'emailInvalid.htm';
} */

May 1st, 2003, 08:16 PM

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PHP Code:


		
			
function validate_address( $email )

{

    if ( preg_match( '/^[A-z0-9\._-]+[@][A-z0-9_-]+([.][A-z0-9\._-]+)+[A-z]{2,4}$/', $email ) )

    {

        return( ( bool )true );

    }

    else

    {

        return( ( bool )false );

    }

}



if ( validate_address( 'someone@address.com' ) ) echo( 'good' ); else echo( 'not good' );

EDIT::

VB removes escapes, so use this as the pattern:

'/^[A-z0-9\._-]+[@][A-z0-9_-]+([.][A-z0-9\._-]+)+[A-z]{2,4}$/'

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May 1st, 2003, 08:50 PM

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thanks. that works very nicely.

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