for one... as i recall... email::valid picks up the fact that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not valid
email::valid also permits you to have ip addresses in the domain section email::valid also has in my mind a better grasp of the valid/invalid chars for the username portion... you mileage may vary.. -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Robert Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 8:06 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: email validation regex Well what does the aforementioned regex seem to miss that Email::Valid catches? --Rob bruce wrote: > i tried that one... > > it doesn't do as well as the perl... "Email::Valid" mod... > > i decided to write a quick perl script, and call it from the php app... > seems to satisfy my needs for now... i haven't run across any php > script/regex that's as comprehensive as the perl "Email::Valid" > > -bruce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:13 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Re: email validation regex > > > http://www.iamcal.com/publish/articles/php/parsing_email/ > > The author goes through RFC822 in detail and writes up a regex that > validates emails based on that. It's worked in my experience, but I > havn't exactly put it through its paces. > > --Rob > > bruce wrote: > >>hi.. >> >>looking for a good/working/tested php email validation regex that conforms >>to the rfc2822 standard. >> >>a lot of what i've seen from google breaks, or doesn't follow the > > standard! > >>any ideas/thoughts/sample code/etc... >> >>thanks >> >>-bruce >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
