> Peter Lind wrote:
> [snip]
>> if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
>> echo "Bad user! Bad user!";
>> }
>>
>> Regards
>> Peter
>
>
> thanks peter... wish I would have known about filter_var before
> writing the other checkers. ;-)
Hi D :-)
I was following along.. also felt pleased to be introduced to filter_var ... and then happened to see this:
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php
the user-contributed note, headed with:
php dot 5 dot leenoble at SPAMMENOTspamgourmet dot net 18-Dec-2009 10:01
"Note that FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL used in isolation is not enough for most (if not all) web based registration forms.
It will happily pronounce "yourname" as valid because presumably the "@localhost" is implied, so you still have to check that the domain portion of the address exists.
"
So I am surprised Peter recommended it. (?)
AFAICT, I should stick with what I was using:
$emailPattern = '/^[\w\.\-_\+]+@[\w-]+(\.\w{2,4})+$/i'; //
$emailReplacement = 'theEmailAppearsValid';
$emailChecker = preg_replace($emailPattern, $emailReplacement, $emailToCheck);
if($emailChecker == 'theEmailAppearsValid') {
//--theEmailLooksValid, so use it...
} else {
//--theEmailLooksBad, so do not use it...
}
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Govinda
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