Re: PHP regex to match email addresses

[Pete Hall <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 2011-03-09 12:26, David Gibbs wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I need to find a regular expression that matches email addresses.
>
> I've got one that mostly works ... but not entirely.
>
> '/[\w\.-]+@[\w-\.]+\.[\w\.]{2,5}/'
>
> The problem is, it doesn't understand when there is a plus sign in the email address (like david+list@xxxxxxxxxxxx).
>
> If I change the regex to be '/[\w\.-\+]+@[\w-\.]+\.[\w\.]{2,5}/', it doesn't match anything.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> david

Check the regex in jquery.validate. Search for "email." It's big and
ugly, but it does seem to work. It validates david+list@xxxxxxxxxxxx and
david.list@xxxxxxxxxxxx, but does not validate david@list@xxxxxxxxxxxx.

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