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[Dan Cech]

Hi All,

I've come up against an interesting little problem, and wondered if 
anyone had any input for me.

I'm trying to validate email addresses like:

Joe Bloggs <joe at example.com>

Thus far the best I've come up with is:

$preg = '/^(?:("?)([^"<]+)\1 
<)?(([\w.-]+)@((?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)+[a-z0-9]{1,4}))(?:>?)$/i';

Which results in:

Array (
     [0] => Joe Bloggs <joe at example.com>
     [1] =>
     [2] => Joe Bloggs
     [3] => joe at example.com
     [4] => joe
     [5] => example.com
)

Does anyone have any input on this?

Dan Cech