Preg_match behaviour

[BWGames]

Can someone tell me if this is the correct way to go about it, or if
there's a better way?

Need to detect if a variable is a email address or not. The only time @
would ever occur in that variable is if its an email:

So, whats wrong with:

if (preg_match("/@/", "$to")) {
$email =1;
}

Thanks,

Ben
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[Daniel Tryba]

Re: Preg_match behaviour

BWGames <de.news@bwgame s.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Need to detect if a variable is a email address or not. The only time @
> would ever occur in that variable is if its an email:
>
> So, whats wrong with:
>
> if (preg_match("/@/", "$to")) {
> $email =1;
> }[/color]

Not much, it's only a useless use of regexps. strpos('@',$to) !==false
would be a better replacement.

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Daniel Tryba