Put a '+' in regex

[fry2010]

I have an email preg_match() expression that im trying to include a '+' sign in, so that it allows this at the start before the @.

 

'/^[^\x00-\x20()<>@,;:\\".[\]\x7f-\xff]+(?:\.\+[^\x00-\x20()<>@,;:\\".[\]\x7f-\xff]+)*\@[^\x00-\x20()<>@,;:\\".[\]\x7f-\xff]+(?:\.[^\x00-\x20()<>@,;:\\".[\]\x7f-\xff]+)+$/'

 

 

[nrg_alpha]

Using regex for emails gets pretty messy. I would recommend having a look this thread post (#3). There is a link to a full blown email parser that seems to do a respectable job at detecting email formats.

[fry2010]

thanks a lot, thats an interesting read. I dnt no whether to use that massive function, or to keep to some other simpler ones I have, but its good to know.