As far as I know, there is no direct way. You have to parse the address, looking for the "@" character, at least. Then check for the presence of characters before and after the "@", and at least a dot "." on the right side (after "@"). Luis ----- Original Message ----- From: "MeAndI" <sebabert@libero.it> To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 1:51 PM Subject: Check mail format > Hi, > > I just want to know how I can recognize that the e-mail address inserted by > the user is correct or not. > > E.g. > user@server.com -> correct e-mail address > user@server or user-server.com -> incorrect email addresses > > please help > Thanks > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php