PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAILFilters
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Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL filter removes all illegal e-mail characters from a string.
This filter allows all letters, digits, and $-_.+!*'{}|^~[]`#%/?@&=
- Name: "email"
- ID-number: 517
Example
<?php
$var="some(one)@exa\mple.com";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL));
?>
$var="some(one)@exa\mple.com";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL));
?>
The output of the code will be:
string(19) "[email protected]"
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