allow characters in an email validator
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 5:13 pm
have a simple mail form that validates the address - i need this validator to allow periods and dashes, but i can't figure it out. please help from someone?
if (!ereg('^[-!#$%&''*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+'.'@'.'[-!#$%&''*+\\/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+\.'.'[-!#$%&''*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+$', $recemailto[$i]) || ereg("'", $recemailto[$i])) {
$recemailerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if (!ereg('^[-!#$%&''*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+'.'@'.'[-!#$%&''*+\\/0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+\.'.'[-!#$%&''*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+$', $recemailto[$i]) || ereg("'", $recemailto[$i])) {
$recemailerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}