Sometimes, we want to validate an email in PHP.
In this article, we’ll look at how to validate an email in PHP.
How to validate an email in PHP?
To validate an email in PHP, we can use the filter_var
function.
For instance, we write
filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
to call filter_var
with $email
and FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL
to check if the $email
string is a valid email address string.
If it returns false
, then it’s not a valid email string.
Conclusion
To validate an email in PHP, we can use the filter_var
function.