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Posted by Rik on 01/25/07 21:24
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:15:43 +0100, <dan@tobias.name> wrote:
> On Jan 16, 10:42 am, John <John_nos...@nnnnnnnnn.nowhere> wrote:
>> }function isValidEmail($email){
>> $pattern =3D
>> "^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})=
$";
>>
>> if (eregi($pattern, $email)){
>> return true;
>> }
>> else {
>> return false;
>> }
>
> OK, this isn't the main topic of this thread, but I have to remark
> about the above function which was posted as an example of the code
> John is using; it appears that this requires as one aspect of a "valid=
"
> e-mail address that it have a top-level domain that is exactly 2 or 3
> characters long, which would exclude addresses in .info, .name,
> .museum, and some other TLDs.
Yup, I've given up trying to regex valid emaildresses (try to find =
Friedl's total email validation regex, it's a terrible beast). There are=
=
more characters allowed then just [a-z0-9_.-]. I'm just checking if the =
=
adress contains one and only one @, and wether I can locate the domain =
from the server.
-- =
Rik Wasmus
* I'm testing several new newsreaders at the moment. Please excuse =
possible errors and weird content. *
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