Email validation using regular expression in PHP [duplicate]

Question

I am pretty much new with regular expression. I am developing a project in PHP and i need to validate email address. After searching in this site and google i found the following regular expression says it should work best.

if (preg_match("/^(?!(?:(?:\x22?\x5C[\x00-\x7E]\x22?)|(?:\x22?[^\x5C\x22]\x22?)){255,})(?!(?:(?:\x22?\x5C[\x00-\x7E]\x22?)|(?:\x22?[^\x5C\x22]\x22?)){65,}@)(?:(?:[\x21\x23-\x27\x2A\x2B\x2D\x2F-\x39\x3D\x3F\x5E-\x7E]+)|(?:\x22(?:[\x01-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x21\x23-\x5B\x5D-\x7F]|(?:\x5C[\x00-\x7F]))*\x22))(?:\.(?:(?:[\x21\x23-\x27\x2A\x2B\x2D\x2F-\x39\x3D\x3F\x5E-\x7E]+)|(?:\x22(?:[\x01-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x21\x23-\x5B\x5D-\x7F]|(?:\x5C[\x00-\x7F]))*\x22)))*@(?:(?:(?!.*[^.]{64,})(?:(?:(?:xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*\.){1,126}){1,}(?:(?:[a-z][a-z0-9]*)|(?:(?:xn--)[a-z0-9]+))(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*)|(?:\[(?:(?:IPv6:(?:(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){7})|(?:(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9][:\]]){7,})(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,5})?::(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,5})?)))|(?:(?:IPv6:(?:(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){5}:)|(?:(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9]:){5,})(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,3})?::(?:[a-f0-9]{1,4}(?::[a-f0-9]{1,4}){0,3}:)?)))?(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:1[0-9]{2})|(?:[1-9]?[0-9]))(?:\.(?:(?:25[0-5])|(?:2[0-4][0-9])|(?:1[0-9]{2})|(?:[1-9]?[0-9]))){3}))\]))$/iD", strtolower($mail_address))) {
    echo "valid email";
}

But when I use it I get error says,

"Warning: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '/' found"

What is wrong with this code?

E-mail validation is a murky trench, but I have to say your regex looks rather suspicious; here's a thread with a good answer, which references the regex used in Django: stackoverflow.com/questions/3217682/… Edit: Wayne's answer below should work well for you, too! — lfk
– lfk, Commented Dec 5, 2012 at 9:25

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:32:17Z

Use this instead of a regular expression:

if(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
     //Valid email!
}

Using regular expressions to validate email addresses is not recommended as it is certainly not pretty, especially if you don't want to exclude somebody who has a valid email address that is correct according to RFC 822 grammar.

http://www.php.net/filter_var is your best bet.

A crazy example of a regex that attempts to validate email addresses according to RFC 822 grammar:

(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:(?:(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]
)+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:
\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(
?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ 
\t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\0
31]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\
](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+
(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:
(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*|(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z
|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)
?[ \t])*)*\<(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:@(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\
r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[
 \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)
?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]
)*))*(?:,@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[
 \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*
)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]
)+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*)
*:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)?(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+
|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r
\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:
\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t
]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*@(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031
]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](
?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?
:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?
:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*\>(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)|(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?
:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?
[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)*:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:(?:(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] 
\000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|
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)*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\
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:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[
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".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*)*:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)?
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\[\]]))|"(?:[^\"\r\\]|\\.|(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t]))*"(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\.(?:(?:
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+|\Z|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*)(?:\
.(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*(?:[^()<>@,;:\\".\[\] \000-\031]+(?:(?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])+|\Z
|(?=[\["()<>@,;:\\".\[\]]))|\[([^\[\]\r\\]|\\.)*\](?:(?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*\>(?:(
?:\r\n)?[ \t])*))*)?;\s*)

I like filter_var() but isn't user@localhost (yes, I'm aware of RFC 2822 vs RFC 2821 debate, just for validation 2821 is out of question because we are not yet talking about sending email). And what about IDNA acc. RFC 3490 ex: user@dömain.com. Agreed that for general purpose, this one works just fine, but still is not 100% reliable.
Ohh! and by the way, worth mentioning that RFC 822 is obsolete, RFC 2822 is now in for Internet Message Format
filter_var is not entirely reliable, because I've had cases where a perfectly valid email - petrović@fictionaldomain.com was rejected. Am still looking for a way to include this - /^\p{L}+$/ui - into filter_var, since it seems to cover what I need - validating emails, and allowing non-English latin characters through.

Kuldeep Singh · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05 09:31:59Z

12

it looks like you don't really need that bigger code to just validate a email.

<?php
$email = "[email protected]"; 
$regex = '/^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$/'; 
if (preg_match($regex, $email)) {
 echo $email . " is a valid email. We can accept it.";
} else { 
 echo $email . " is an invalid email. Please try again.";
}           
?>

Try this one and let me know

answered Dec 5, 2012 at 9:31

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movAX13h Over a year ago

Does not work (for example) for domain extensions with more than 3 chars. Don't use this.

koopajah · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05 09:26:26Z

10

You should use the function filter_vars() to validate your input instead of your own regexp.

Example:

filter_var('[email protected]', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)

More info in the documentation : http://php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php

answered Dec 5, 2012 at 9:26

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Fr0zenFyr Over a year ago

I like filter_var() but isn't user@localhost (yes, I'm aware of RFC 2822 vs RFC 2821 debate, just for validation 2821 is out of question because we are not yet talking about sending email). And what about IDNA acc. RFC 3490 ex: user@dömain.com. Agreed that for general purpose, this one works just fine, but still is not 100% reliable.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 19:52:31Z

8

try this regx it would work fine

/^([a-z0-9_\.-]+)@([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})$/

or php filter filter_var

 filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)

like

if(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
     //yup its valid email
}

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 19:52

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answered Dec 5, 2012 at 9:25

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Alptugay · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05 09:25:58Z

2

Remove the iD at the end of the regex

answered Dec 5, 2012 at 9:25

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Mehdi Bugnard · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-05 09:30:01Z

2

Weird I just tried your code that works well with me ?! Try closing any chain with the character '....' instead of "...."

answered Dec 5, 2012 at 9:30

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viniciusbo · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-12 14:05:29Z

1

I got here looking for a solution and the answer presented by Wayne Whitty do the job, indeed.

BTW, I think it is good to mention that filter_var function is not RFC5321 compliant. Altought the docs does not say it is, some RFC5321 valid email address will be flagged as invalid by this function, like:

[email protected]
(comment)[email protected]
"this is v@lid!"@example.com
"much.more unusual"@example.com
postbox@com
admin@mailserver1
"()<>[]:,;@\"\!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{}| ~.a"@example.org
" "@example.org

As presented by this comment http://php.net/manual/pt_BR/function.filter-var.php#112492

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Geek · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-14 11:42:32Z

0

Use these regular expressions to perform a more thorough validation. For example it prevents adjacent periods in email address like [email protected] which is invalid according to RFC 822.

function isValidEmail($email)
{
    return preg_match('/\A[a-z0-9]+([-._][a-z0-9]+)*@([a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\.)+[a-z]{2,4}\z/', $email)
        && preg_match('/^(?=.{1,64}@.{4,64}$)(?=.{6,100}$).*/', $email);
}

See validate email address using regular expression in PHP.

edited Oct 14, 2013 at 11:42

answered Oct 12, 2013 at 7:14

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Toto Over a year ago

Doesn't work for many valid emails like: Jean-Franç[email protected]

Vishnu · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-12 10:06:26Z

0

There more than one ways to check if an e-mail is valid.

One simple way is to use this function:

function validate($email) {
    return preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$/", $email);    
}

It is from a code snippet found here: Basic Email Validation in PHP

Although this implementation would work most of the time it may allow some wrong emails. The following implementation ahould be 100% accurate but is also quite complex:

function validate($email) {

    $isValid = true;
    $atIndex = strrpos($email, "@");

    if (is_bool($atIndex) && !$atIndex) {
        $isValid = false;
    } else {
        $domain = substr($email, $atIndex + 1);
        $local = substr($email, 0, $atIndex);
        $localLen = strlen($local);
        $domainLen = strlen($domain);

        if ($localLen < 1 || $localLen > 64) {
            $isValid = false;
        } else if ($domainLen < 1 || $domainLen > 255) {
            $isValid = false;
        } else if ($local[0] == '.' || $local[$localLen - 1] == '.') {
            $isValid = false;
        } else if (preg_match('/\\.\\./', $local)) {
            $isValid = false;
        } else if (!preg_match('/^[A-Za-z0-9\\-\\.]+$/', $domain)) {
            $isValid = false;
        } else if (preg_match('/\\.\\./', $domain)) {
            $isValid = false;
        } else if (!preg_match('/^(\\\\.|[A-Za-z0-9!#%&`_=\\/$\'*+?^{}|~.-])+$/', str_replace("\\\\", "", $local))) {
            if (!preg_match('/^"(\\\\"|[^"])+"$/', str_replace("\\\\", "", $local))) {
                $isValid = false;
            }
        }

        if ($isValid && !(checkdnsrr($domain, "MX") || checkdnsrr($domain ,"A"))) {
            $isValid = false;
        }
    }

    return $isValid;
}

This code is from snippet found here: Strict Email Validation in PHP

Hope this helps!

answered Jul 12, 2014 at 10:06

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bfontaine Over a year ago

The second implementation is not valid. For example, foo@héhé.fr is a valid email address and the function rejects it. Same thing for foo(bar)@yahoo.com, foo" "@yahoo.com, foo"<"@yahoo.com, foo">"@yahoo.com, etc.

user9453520 Over a year ago

simple but what if an email domain ends with ".co.uk" ? this pattern will not work then... plus, you can replace this "a-zA-Z0-9_" with \w

Alex Guteniev · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-25 13:21:55Z

0

/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix

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BinX · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-16 18:13:30Z

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Email validation regex (domain with sub domains)

^((([a-z0-9]+[\-]{0,1})+[a-z0-9]+?\.)+[a-z0-9][a-z0-9|\-]+[a-z0-9])@([a-z0-9]+[\-|\.]{0,1}[a-z0-9]+)+(.[a-z0-9]{2,})+$

Sample tests https://regex101.com/r/w5VBdf/20

Domain with sub domains

^([a-z0-9]+[\.|\-]{0,1}[a-z0-9](.[a-z0-9]{2,})+)$

https://regex101.com/r/4Un8Tz/2

Email username

^([a-z0-9]+[\.|\-]{0,1}[a-z0-9]{1,})+@$

https://regex101.com/r/4Un8Tz/6

edited Sep 16, 2019 at 18:13

answered Sep 16, 2019 at 17:48

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happymacarts Over a year ago

This solution may not answer the OP question

Toto Over a year ago

Please, have a look at these sites: TLD list; valid/invalid addresses; regex for RFC822 email address

Toto Over a year ago

You can replace {0,1} with ?, {1,} with + and [\.|\-] with [.-], you should learn some basics regex (and reread the question), have a look at regular-expressions.info

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