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Validate an email address (See related posts)

I don't remember where this came from, but it's very useful for validating input from a form


function valid_email($email) {

  if( eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email) ) { 
    return true;
  }
  else { 
    return false;
  }

}
to php email regex by zdw on Tue Feb 14 22:26:15 +0000 2006

Comments on this post

Rot posts on Feb 24, 2006 at 15:44
As so often is the case - the regular expression is too simplistic to be a real measure of complience.

Never mind whether or not an address that meets the RFC acutally exists.
Jeff posts on May 02, 2006 at 02:24
Also, why did you use an evaluate a boolean, and use it in an if, rather than simply returning that. Look:

function valid_email($email) {
  return eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email) );
}


Of course, this still isn't great validation, as Rot pointed out, but this does simplify it, at least.
Jeff posts on May 02, 2006 at 02:25
I think I put the wrong number of parentheses, but you get the point.

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