Verify a User's Email Address Using PHP

[Dinesh]

Hello sir,

I tried with your script. But it shows only the true part even the address is not valid. It will useful for me if u send the email checking script. I need this to avoid sending mails to invalid emails and obviously avoiding the bounce back. Thank you.

[Badenixe63]

hey, first of all thanks for the great code...

there's only one mistake...


// this email domain doesn't exist! bad dog! no biscuit!

the ' in doesn't must of course be escaped, otherwise u will get a T_STRING error ;-)

[Scott]

Works like a charm!

[Adlai]

Beautiful Script. Works like a dream... I used to have my scripts make sure the email is vaild like 1234@23.c234 but I never knew PHP could look up domains and DNS's! This will add even more security to my site

[MD S Rahamn]

Man You should become a writer not a coder.
your words are really just like dream.
this is frist time i read a full web page in my life as the words as the codes
thanks

[Anon]

The biggest issue i see with this is that not every domain has there MX records setup correctly... Specially those on shared hosting!

[Denver]

Ok so now domain.com exist but what about the user? I think it's a 550 response code from the remote server.

[Denver]

Most PHP Hardening recommendations tell you to disallow exec calls. It's probably best to do a dns check through an api from a whois service and return the results.

[bokehman]

Ok so now domain.com exist but what about the user? I think it's a 550 response code from the remote server.

The are many reasons for a 500 rejection other than the client not existing.

[Stormrider]

Splitting the email address on the @ would also fail for this valid email: "some quoted string with a @ in it"@domain.com

[Anonymous]

how to send msgs.to friendster.com

[Stevel]

Beware that you should check the input before using it in an exec-function to prevent command injection to occur!

[jamayne]

i need a bit of help

[leia]

how can i verify my email ad.i cant send messages cuz my email ad is not verified

[Erik]

Great information. Very easy to implement. very good follow-up advice on avoid command injection!

[shaquone lockett]

how can i verify my email ad

[kim jimenez]

how can i verify my email add in friendster?

[honeylyn]

how can i add my friends in my bookmarks in my friendster?

[gerardo]

can't send message

[Anonymous]

how can i verify my e-mail address?

[Anele Ndlovu]

ha ha

[michele]

how can i verify my email friendster account.

thanks...

[Anonymous]

how ,can i verify my email....?
tanx...

[ardy]

how can i verify my email friendster account if my email not valid????

[gary garcia]

how can i verifymy email friendster account if my email not valid???????????