php-mail-validation

Validating e-mail addresses is a complicated procedure. This helper class is easy tu use and validates addresses in several ways.

Checks implemented

• Check for valid top level domain
• Check for length and formatting
• Check for existing and valid MX entry

Current release

Get the current version from here.

Usage examples

<?php
require_once('MailValidation.php');

$result = new MailValidation('joe@example.com')->validate();
$result = new MailValidation()->setEmailAddress('joe@example.com')->validate();
$result = new MailValidation()->validate('joe@example.com');

Configurable parameters

$mailvalidation->setCheckDNS();
$mailvalidation->setCheckControlChars();
$mailvalidation->setCheckLength();
$mailvalidation->setCheckTopLevelDomain();
$mailvalidation->setAllowIpAsDomainPart();

$mailvalidation->getCheckDNS();
$mailvalidation->getCheckControlChars();
$mailvalidation->getCheckLength();
$mailvalidation->getCheckTopLevelDomain();
$mailvalidation->getAllowIpAsDomainPart();

Update tld file

The file MailValidation.tld must be writable and reside in the same directory as the MailValidation.php class file.

new Mailvalidation()->DownloadTopLevelDomains();