[Resolved] Validating an E-mail Address

[webdes03]

I'm trying to figure out how to validate a user's e-mail address. I'd rather not have the script send a message and wait for a reply to see if it's a valid address... maybe check the format or something? I've never done this before, so any help is appreciated.

Basically I have a form where a user puts in their e-mail address, first name, and last name. I want to make sure that it's a valid e-mail address before adding it to the database.

Thanks.

[rebelo]

http://www.codewalkers.com has a multitude of pre-written code snippets for validating email addresses. They have some that actually verify that the email address works and others that just validate the format of the submitted address (as you requested). This is one of them:

http://codewalkers.com/seecode/73.html

If you go to their main page and use the search box in the top right (select CODE instead of FORUM) and search for validate email, you will get lots of results.

[webdes03]

Thanks, I'm sure I'll find something there that will help.