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jprochazka on 10/02/10


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Validate an email address.

 / Published in: PHP
 

The following function does a very simple check on the supplied string to help ensure it is a valid email address.

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  1. <?php
  2. function validEmail($email) {
  3.  if(eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$",$email))
  4.    return TRUE;
  5.  else
  6.    return FALSE;
  7. }
  8. ?>

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