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PHP's FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL is not working properly.

I'm using PHP version 5.3.10. The following is the code:

<?php
$email = "test@example.c";
if (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
        echo "Email: ".$email." correct";
else
        echo "email not correct";
?>

It returns: "Email: test@example.c is correct.

I think a one-character TLD is incorrect (according to this list: http://data.iana.org/TLD /tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt, I didn’t know there was a character-length top-level domain).

So, does the FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL filter work properly?

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  • P粉715228019

    P粉7152280192023-07-21 13:30:21

    FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL does not support PHP 5.2.14

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  • P粉066725148

    P粉0667251482023-07-21 12:50:39

    Verifying email addresses is a bit complicated. Take a look at this list:

    Valid email address

    1. niceandsimple@example.com
    2. very.common@example.com
    3. a.little.lengthy.but.fine@dept.example.com
    4. disposable.style.email.with symbol@example.com
    5. user@[IPv6:2001:db8:1ff::a0b:dbd0]
    6. "much.more unusual"@example.com
    7. "very.unusual.@.unusual.com"@example.com
    8. "very.(),:;<>[]".VERY."very@\ "very".unusual"@strange.example.com
    9. postbox@com (top-level domains are valid hostnames)
    10. admin@mailserver1 (local domain name with no TLD)
    11. !#$%&'* -/=?^_`{}|~@example.org
    12. "()<>[]:,;@\"!#$%&'* -/=?^_`{}| ~.a"@example.org
    13. " "@example.org (space between the quotes)
    14. üñîçøðé@example.com (Unicode characters in local part)

    Invalid email address

    1. Abc.example.com (an @ character must separate the local and domain parts)
    2. A@b@c@example.com (only one @ is allowed outside quotation marks)
    3. a"b(c)d,e:f;gi[j\k]l@example.com (none of the special characters in this local part are allowed outside quotation marks)
    4. just"not"right@example.com (quoted strings must be dot separated, or the only element making up the local-part)
    5. this is"not\allowed@example.com (spaces, quotes, and backslashes may only exist when within quoted strings and preceded by a backslash)
    6. this\ still"not\allowed@example.com (even if escaped (preceded by a backslash), spaces, quotes, and backslashes must still be contained by quotes)

    Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address

    Most all email validation implementations are "buggy", but the php implementation works fine since it accepts all common email addresses

    renew:

    Found on http://www.php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.validate.php

    About the "partial" address that does not exist. In the domain section, a comment in the source code (in ext/filter/logical_filters.c) proves this rejection:

    * The regex below is based on a regex by Michael Rushton.
     * However, it is not identical.  I changed it to only consider routeable
     * addresses as valid.  Michael's regex considers a@b a valid address
     * which conflicts with section 2.3.5 of RFC 5321 which states that:
     *
     *   Only resolvable, fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs) are permitted
     *   when domain names are used in SMTP.  In other words, names that can
     *   be resolved to MX RRs or address (i.e., A or AAAA) RRs (as discussed
     *   in Section 5) are permitted, as are CNAME RRs whose targets can be
     *   resolved, in turn, to MX or address RRs.  Local nicknames or
     *   unqualified names MUST NOT be used.

    Here is a link to Michael Rushton's class (link is broken, see source code below) which supports RFC 5321/5322

    <?php
      /**
       * Squiloople Framework
       *
       * LICENSE: Feel free to use and redistribute this code.
       *
       * @author Michael Rushton <michael@squiloople.com>
       * @link http://squiloople.com/
       * @package Squiloople
       * @version 1.0
       * @copyright © 2012 Michael Rushton
       */
      /**
       * Email Address Validator
       *
       * Validate email addresses according to the relevant standards
       */
      final class EmailAddressValidator
      {
        // The RFC 5321 constant
        const RFC_5321 = 5321;
        // The RFC 5322 constant
        const RFC_5322 = 5322;
        /**
         * The email address
         *
         * @access private
         * @var string $_email_address
         */
        private $_email_address;
        /**
         * A quoted string local part is either allowed (true) or not (false)
         *
         * @access private
         * @var boolean $_quoted_string
         */
        private $_quoted_string = FALSE;
        /**
         * An obsolete local part is either allowed (true) or not (false)
         *
         * @access private
         * @var boolean $_obsolete
         */
        private $_obsolete = FALSE;
        /**
         * A basic domain name is either required (true) or not (false)
         *
         * @access private
         * @var boolean $_basic_domain_name
         */
        private $_basic_domain_name = TRUE;
        /**
         * A domain literal domain is either allowed (true) or not (false)
         *
         * @access private
         * @var boolean $_domain_literal
         */
        private $_domain_literal = FALSE;
       /**
         * Comments and folding white spaces are either allowed (true) or not (false)
         *
         * @access private
         * @var boolean $_cfws
         */
        private $_cfws = FALSE;
        /**
         * Set the email address and turn on the relevant standard if required
         *
         * @access public
         * @param string $email_address
         * @param null|integer $standard
         */
        public function __construct($email_address, $standard = NULL)
        {
          // Set the email address
          $this->_email_address = $email_address;
          // Set the relevant standard or throw an exception if an unknown is requested
          switch ($standard)
          {
            // Do nothing if no standard requested
            case NULL:
              break;
            // Otherwise if RFC 5321 requested
            case self::RFC_5321:
              $this->setStandard5321();
              break;
            // Otherwise if RFC 5322 requested
            case self::RFC_5322:
              $this->setStandard5322();
              break;
            // Otherwise throw an exception
            default:
              throw new Exception('Unknown RFC standard for email address validation.');
          }
        }
        /**
         * Call the constructor fluently
         *
         * @access public
         * @static
         * @param string $email_address
         * @param null|integer $standard
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public static function setEmailAddress($email_address, $standard = NULL)
        {
          return new self($email_address, $standard);
        }
        /**
         * Validate the email address using a basic standard
         *
         * @access public
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setStandardBasic()
        {
          // A quoted string local part is not allowed
          $this->_quoted_string = FALSE;
          // An obsolete local part is not allowed
          $this->_obsolete = FALSE;
          // A basic domain name is required
          $this->_basic_domain_name = TRUE;
          // A domain literal domain is not allowed
          $this->_domain_literal = FALSE;
          // Comments and folding white spaces are not allowed
          $this->_cfws = FALSE;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Validate the email address using RFC 5321
         *
         * @access public
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setStandard5321()
        {
          // A quoted string local part is allowed
          $this->_quoted_string = TRUE;
          // An obsolete local part is not allowed
          $this->_obsolete = FALSE;
          // Only a basic domain name is not required
          $this->_basic_domain_name = FALSE;
          // A domain literal domain is allowed
          $this->_domain_literal = TRUE;
          // Comments and folding white spaces are not allowed
          $this->_cfws = FALSE;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Validate the email address using RFC 5322
         *
         * @access public
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setStandard5322()
        {
          // A quoted string local part is disallowed
          $this->_quoted_string = FALSE;
          // An obsolete local part is allowed
          $this->_obsolete = TRUE;
          // Only a basic domain name is not required
          $this->_basic_domain_name = FALSE;
          // A domain literal domain is allowed
          $this->_domain_literal = TRUE;
          // Comments and folding white spaces are allowed
          $this->_cfws = TRUE;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) a quoted string local part
         *
         * @access public
         * @param boolean $allow
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setQuotedString($allow = TRUE)
        {
          // Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) a quoted string local part
          $this->_quoted_string = $allow;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) an obsolete local part
         *
         * @access public
         * @param boolean $allow
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setObsolete($allow = TRUE)
        {
          // Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) an obsolete local part
          $this->_obsolete = $allow;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Either require (true) or do not require (false) a basic domain name
         *
         * @access public
         * @param boolean $allow
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setBasicDomainName($allow = TRUE)
        {
          // Either require (true) or do not require (false) a basic domain name
          $this->_basic_domain_name = $allow;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) a domain literal domain
         *
         * @access public
         * @param boolean $allow
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setDomainLiteral($allow = TRUE)
        {
          // Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) a domain literal domain
          $this->_domain_literal = $allow;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) comments and folding white spaces
         *
         * @access public
         * @param boolean $allow
         * @return EmailAddressValidator
         */
        public function setCFWS($allow = TRUE)
        {
          // Either allow (true) or do not allow (false) comments and folding white spaces
          $this->_cfws = $allow;
          // Return the EmailAddressValidator object
          return $this;
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for a dot atom local part
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getDotAtom()
        {
          return "([!#-'*+\/-9=?^-~-]+)(?>\.(?1))*";
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for a quoted string local part
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getQuotedString()
        {
          return '"(?>[ !#-\[\]-~]|\\[ -~])*"';
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for an obsolete local part
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getObsolete()
        {
          return '([!#-\'*+\/-9=?^-~-]+|"(?>'
            . $this->_getFWS()
            . '(?>[\x01-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-!#-\[\]-\x7F]|\\[\x00-\xFF]))*'
            . $this->_getFWS()
            . '")(?>'
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . '\.'
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . '(?1))*';
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for a domain name domain
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getDomainName()
        {
          // Return the basic domain name format if required
          if ($this->_basic_domain_name)
          {
            return '(?>' . $this->_getDomainNameLengthLimit()
              . '[a-z\d](?>[a-z\d-]*[a-z\d])?'
              . $this->_getCFWS()
              . '\.'
              . $this->_getCFWS()
              . '){1,126}[a-z]{2,6}';
          }
          // Otherwise return the full domain name format
          return $this->_getDomainNameLengthLimit()
            . '([a-z\d](?>[a-z\d-]*[a-z\d])?)(?>'
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . '\.'
            . $this->_getDomainNameLengthLimit()
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . '(?2)){0,126}';
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for an IPv6 address
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getIPv6()
        {
          return '([a-f\d]{1,4})(?>:(?3)){7}|(?!(?:.*[a-f\d][:\]]){8,})((?3)(?>:(?3)){0,6})?::(?4)?';
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getIPv4MappedIPv6()
        {
          return '(?3)(?>:(?3)){5}:|(?!(?:.*[a-f\d]:){6,})(?5)?::(?>((?3)(?>:(?3)){0,4}):)?';
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for an IPv4 address
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getIPv4()
        {
          return '(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\d|1\d{2}|[1-9]?\d)(?>\.(?6)){3}';
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for a domain literal domain
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getDomainLiteral()
        {
          return '\[(?:(?>IPv6:(?>'
            . $this->_getIPv6()
            . '))|(?>(?>IPv6:(?>'
            . $this->_getIPv4MappedIPv6()
            . '))?'
            . $this->_getIPv4()
            . '))\]';
        }
        /**
         * Return either the regular expression for folding white spaces or its backreference
         *
         * @access private
         * @param boolean $define
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getFWS($define = FALSE)
        {
          // Return the backreference if $define is set to FALSE otherwise return the regular expression
          if ($this->_cfws)
          {
            return !$define ? '(?P>fws)' : '(?<fws>(?>(?>(?>\x0D\x0A)?[\t ])+|(?>[\t ]*\x0D\x0A)?[\t ]+)?)';
          }
        }
        /**
         * Return the regular expression for comments
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getComments()
        {
          return '(?<comment>\((?>'
            . $this->_getFWS()
            . '(?>[\x01-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\'*-\[\]-\x7F]|\\[\x00-\x7F]|(?P>comment)))*'
            . $this->_getFWS()
            . '\))';
        }
        /**
         * Return either the regular expression for comments and folding white spaces or its backreference
         *
         * @access private
         * @param boolean $define
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getCFWS($define = FALSE)
        {
          // Return the backreference if $define is set to FALSE
          if ($this->_cfws && !$define)
          {
            return '(?P>cfws)';
          }
          // Otherwise return the regular expression
          if ($this->_cfws)
          {
            return '(?<cfws>(?>(?>(?>'
              . $this->_getFWS(TRUE)
              . $this->_getComments()
              . ')+'
              . $this->_getFWS()
              . ')|'
              . $this->_getFWS()
              . ')?)';
          }
        }
        /**
         * Establish and return the valid format for the local part
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getLocalPart()
        {
          // The local part may be obsolete if allowed
          if ($this->_obsolete)
          {
            return $this->_getObsolete();
          }
          // Otherwise the local part must be either a dot atom or a quoted string if the latter is allowed
          if ($this->_quoted_string)
          {
            return '(?>' . $this->_getDotAtom() . '|' . $this->_getQuotedString() . ')';
          }
          // Otherwise the local part must be a dot atom
          return $this->_getDotAtom();
        }
        /**
         * Establish and return the valid format for the domain
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getDomain()
        {
          // The domain must be either a domain name or a domain literal if the latter is allowed
          if ($this->_domain_literal)
          {
            return '(?>' . $this->_getDomainName() . '|' . $this->_getDomainLiteral() . ')';
          }
          // Otherwise the domain must be a domain name
          return $this->_getDomainName();
        }
        /**
         * Return the email address length limit
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getEmailAddressLengthLimit()
        {
          return '(?!(?>' . $this->_getCFWS() . '"?(?>\\[ -~]|[^"])"?' . $this->_getCFWS() . '){255,})';
        }
        /**
         * Return the local part length limit
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getLocalPartLengthLimit()
        {
          return '(?!(?>' . $this->_getCFWS() . '"?(?>\\[ -~]|[^"])"?' . $this->_getCFWS() . '){65,}@)';
        }
        /**
         * Establish and return the domain name length limit
         *
         * @access private
         * @return string
         */
        private function _getDomainNameLengthLimit()
        {
          return '(?!' . $this->_getCFWS() . '[a-z\d-]{64,})';
        }
        /**
         * Check to see if the domain can be resolved to MX RRs
         *
         * @access private
         * @param array $domain
         * @return integer|boolean
         */
        private function _verifyDomain($domain)
        {
          // Return 0 if the domain cannot be resolved to MX RRs
          if (!checkdnsrr(end($domain), 'MX'))
          {
            return 0;
          }
          // Otherwise return true
          return TRUE;
        }
        /**
         * Perform the validation check on the email address's syntax and, if required, call _verifyDomain()
         *
         * @access public
         * @param boolean $verify
         * @return boolean|integer
         */
        public function isValid($verify = FALSE)
        {
          // Return false if the email address has an incorrect syntax
          if (!preg_match(
              '/^'
            . $this->_getEmailAddressLengthLimit()
            . $this->_getLocalPartLengthLimit()
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . $this->_getLocalPart()
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . '@'
            . $this->_getCFWS()
            . $this->_getDomain()
            . $this->_getCFWS(TRUE)
            . '$/isD'
            , $this->_email_address
          ))
          {
            return FALSE;
          }
          // Otherwise check to see if the domain can be resolved to MX RRs if required
          if ($verify)
          {
            return $this->_verifyDomain(explode('@', $this->_email_address));
          }
          // Otherwise return 1
          return 1;
        }
      }

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