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Email Syntax Check

08.30.2006

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        // Email syntax check

<?php
function check_email($email)
{
    $atom = '[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~]'; // znaky tvoÅ™ÃcÃ uÅ¾ivatelskÃ© jmÃ©no
    $domain = '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])'; // jedna komponenta domÃ©ny
    return eregi("^$atom+(\\.$atom+)*@($domain?\\.)+$domain\$", $email);
}
?>

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Logan Koester replied on Sun, 2006/09/10 - 9:05pm

Thank you! My server was being attacked (I got lazy and didn't bother to check some form data before inserting it to the db) and needed an email regex fast, and you were here. :) Saved the day, mate.