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"Email Address" | RegExp | Validate

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PHP function to validate an email address.

function ValidateEmailAddress($EmailAddress){

   $EmailAddress = strtolower(trim($EmailAddress));

   if (!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})$", $EmailAd

dress)){

      return FALSE;

   } else {

      return $EmailAddress;

   }

}