PHP: email validation form 1212 Responses

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• fifty50

  I've got this PHP email validation form on my site:

  http://curtis.nexteradesign.com/…

  That's basically the meat of it. For some reason, though, some valid email addresses get returned as being invalid. For example "anybody@sheppard.de" or "anybody@ideen-reich.com" come back as being invalid, even though the domains are in fact valid. Help?

  Aug 1, 06, 7:01 a.m. – Permalink

• UndoUndo

  you got mail!

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:13 a.m. – Permalink

• ldww

  i see you are using getmxrr. why not try the example in the comments? they do it a bit differently then you.

  http://us2.php.net/getmxrr

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:13 a.m. – Permalink

• fifty50

  thanks guys i'll give them both a shot and see what happens.

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:41 a.m. – Permalink

• kinetic

  this function has always served me well:

  function check_email($email) {
  if(eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@+[a-z0… $email)) {
  return TRUE;
  } else {
  return FALSE;
  }
  }

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:47 a.m. – Permalink

• ldww

  kinetic, that is just a regex. he wants to check the hostname to see if it is a valid host rather then whatevernameusertypes.com. reg ex will just see if it looks right, not valid.

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:48 a.m. – Permalink

• fifty50

  Ed Zachary what ldww said

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:54 a.m. – Permalink

• UndoUndo

  curtis what I sent to you will check that the email address 'looks right' not that it has valid mail exchange records, you might want to add that from yr other function

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 7:58 a.m. – Permalink

• fifty50

  oh feck. that was the original problem. what I had was validating most emails but my buddy tried it with his and it came back as invalid!

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 8 a.m. – Permalink

• kinetic

  sorry mate...should have read your post

  im always doing that ;)

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 8:13 a.m. – Permalink

• ldww

  as a sidenote, i have never actually checked the hostname. i think most people are content with making sure the email looks right.

  if you are very concerned about a vlid email address just require email confirmation by sending them an email with some kind of keycode.

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 8:16 a.m. – Permalink

• UndoUndo

  this will validate emails in the correct format

  ie. use@domani.extension

  will validate

  but
  john&john@somedomain.$uper

  wont

  but will not check that the domain has a valid mail exchange record. sorry for the confusion

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 8:16 a.m. – Permalink

• UndoUndo

  I agree with ldww, checking mail exchange records isnt that robust just make sure they validate the email with an activation code,

  I could submit yr email address and it will validate with MX record but its not mine, so activation through email is more reliable IMO

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 06, 8:23 a.m. – Permalink