PHP FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL Filter

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Definition and Usage

The FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL filter validates value as an e-mail address.

• Name: "validate_email"
• ID-number: 274

Example

<?php
$email = "someone@exa mple.com";

if(!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
 {
 echo "E-mail is not valid";
 }
else
 {
 echo "E-mail is valid";
 }
?>

The output of the code will be:

E-mail is not valid

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