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"E-Mail Validation Script"

I got my first form submitting this week but I still need to get an E-mail Vlidation script working. Here's the one I'm currently using:



Obviously I don't need to say the form should be called form1 ect. But it doesn't work at all. Can anybody spot what's wrong with it?
Thanks in advance
Rickoss

Nimco wrote:
> Here ya go:
>
> > function is_email($email) {
> if(eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@+[a-z0-9\._-] +\.+[a-z]{2,3}$",
> $email)) return TRUE;
> else return FALSE;
> }
> ?>
>
> There is a space in there so you may as well remove it....

+--={01:30:41}=--
| rob@euripides:~$ php4

echo is_email("foobalh");

echo is_email("[email protected]");
?>


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_email() in - on line 3
+--={01:30:52}=--
| rob@euripides:~$

is the 'is_email()' an actual function in PHP????????

I never know that was there.

That PHP Script I send you RiCkOsS, I could add that is_email() to it easily enough, if you managed to get the other one working?

Fair enough

I'll just stick with the JS script. I understans JS more so if something goes wrong I might be able to fix it.

Cheers for the help people.

RiCkOsS wrote:
> Would that be if the text feild for your email was called email?

No, you would use it something like this:

------


if (is_email($txt2)) { echo "Well done! Valid email address!"; }
else { echo "Sorry, you entered an incorrect email address."; }

?>

Would that be if the text feild for your email was called email?

Here ya go:

function is_email($email) {
if(eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@+[a-z0-9\._-] +\.+[a-z]{2,3}$", $email)) return TRUE;
else return FALSE;
}
?>

There is a space in there so you may as well remove it....

Woohooo! Thanks Nimco, working fine now. Finally I won't be getting e-mails from 'breast' anymore :-D

Cheers Nimco. If a PHP script would be better would it be anything like this:

if (!eregi ("^([a-z0-9]|\\-|\\.) (space) +@(([a-z0-9]|\\-)+\\.)+[a-z]{2,4}$", $txt2))
die("E-Mail Address Incorrect");
?>

Just want to know, because I like that script :-)