On 11/19/2011 11:29 AM, Alain Williams wrote:
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:23:59AM -0500, Ron Piggott wrote:
I am unsure of how to parse first name, last name and e-mail address from the 'From:' field of an e-mail.
What I am struggling with is if the name has more than two words
- Such as the last name being multiple words
- A name a business or department is given instead of a personal name
- If the person has included their middle name, middle initial or degrees (“Dr.�)
- If last name has multiple words
Also the formatting of the from field changes in various e-mail programs:
From: Ron Piggott<ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Ron Piggott"<ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From:<ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
If there is more than 2 words for the name I would like them to be assigned to the last name.
You can make no such assumption, different people/companies/... do it in different ways.
If you really want to have fun look at the different 'norms' from different countries.
Perhaps, Ron's email are constrained so there is a finite syntax. e.g., only to
actsministries.org
Ron: I'd suggest your best approach is to use preg_match()
There are several examples on the net, try Google "php preg_match email address"
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