validate email using RE + php code example

Example 1: php preg_match email validation code

<?php
   function checkemail($str) {
         return (!preg_match("/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix", $str)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
   }
   if(!checkemail("[email protected]")){
      echo "Invalid email address.";
   }
   else{
      echo "Valid email address.";
   }
?>

Example 2: how to validate an email field using php

<?php
   $email = "[email protected]";
   // Validate email
   if (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
      echo("$email is a valid email address");
   }
   else{
      echo("$email is not a valid email address");
   }
?>