How to validate email addresses in PHP

How to validate email addresses in PHP

This regex will match email adresses. However, it’s not bulletproof. Emails such as n@n.n or ____@--... would still pass validation.

/^([a-z0-9_\.\+-]+)@([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})$/

If you are using PHP, you can also use filter_var() and save yourself some headaches. As illustrated here, it correctly validates most addresses.

filter_var('test@test.com', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL); //Returns true if email is valid, false otherwise