preg_match help

[CBG]

Hi,

 

I am using preg_match to check the email address, but I also want to check for

With @ or + like: myemail+email.com

 

I currently got

if (preg_match('/^[^@]+@[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+\.[a-zA-Z]+$/', $email)) {

 

But it give falso if + is in the email, what bit do I change?

 

Also I need to allow / in the below preg_match

So I can have a input of www.mysite.co.uk/mypage

if (preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9 ._-]+$/', $website)) {

 

When I put / in the allow I get

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Unknown modifier '_' in .........

[Daniel0]

Use filter_var or filter_input.

 

if (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
    echo 'the email is valid';
}
else {
    echo 'the email is not valid';
}

 

As for your second problem, you need to escape the / because you're using it as delimiter.

[CBG]

Thanks

I have also sorted the / in the $website bit by changing the delimiter.

I changed it to

if (preg_match('#^[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]+$#', $website)) {