On 5/9/07, Steve Ellenoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have some nearly fullproof code to validate an email > address for proper syntax?
The problem with "foolproof" is that the fools are so clever ;) Email address validation is a nearly impossible task. There's a three page artile in the most recent Linux Journal, iirc, on a PHP solution that's _nearly_ 100% successful. The problem is that the specs on what makes a valid email address (RFC something-or-other) was never intended to be something that could be checked algorithmically. I mean, why would somebody want to give you an address at which they couldn't get mail ;) Here's another couple of elegant to scary solutions: http://www.regular-expressions.info/email.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
