PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL Filter
Complete PHP Filter Reference
Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL filter removes all illegal e-mail characters from a
string.
This filter allows all letters, digits and $-_.+!*'{}|^~[]`#%/?@&=
- Name: "email"
- ID-number: 517
Example
<?php
$var="some(one)@exa\\mple.com";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL));
?>
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The output of the code will be:
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string(19) "someone@example.com"
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Complete PHP Filter Reference
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