Donovan: Try this function EmailCheck ( $sEmail ) { $regexp="/^[a-z0-9]+([_\\.-][a-z0-9]+)*@([a-z0-9]+([\.-][a-z0-9]+)*)+\\.[a-z ]{2,}$/i"; if ( !preg_match($regexp, $sEmail) ) return false; return true; } Alejandro M.S. -----Mensagem original----- De: Donovan Brooke [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx] Enviada em: quinta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2011 01:14 Para: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Assunto: email address syntax checker Hi Guys, I'm waddling my way through database interaction and thought someone on the list may already have a simple email checker that they'd like to share... you know, looking for the @ char and dots etc.. I did a quick search of the archives and found a couple elaborate things.. but I'm looking for something simple. This job will have trusted users and the checker is more to help them catch mistakes when registering. Thanks!, Donovan -- D Brooke -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php