Validation of Email Addresses with Regular Expressions

In addition to regular expressions, PHP has some built-in filters that can help.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php
http://php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.validate.php

Here is how I validate an email address.

<?php // demo/email_validation.php
/**
 * How to use a utility function to test for a valid email address
 * 'Valid' does not mean email will be received - parked domains are valid, but inactive
 *
 * http://php.net/manual/en/intro.filter.php
 * http://php.net/manual/en/function.checkdnsrr.php
 * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321
 *
 * See also:
 * https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/3939/Registration-and-Email-Confirmation-in-PHP.html
 */
error_reporting(E_ALL);


function check_valid_email($email, $bogus=[], $route=TRUE)
{
    $valid = TRUE;

    // IF THE EMAIL STRING IS IMPROPERLY FORMED
    if(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === FALSE) $valid = FALSE;

    // IF THE DOMAIN IS IN OUR BLOCKED LIST
    foreach ($bogus as $badguy) {
        if (stripos($email, $badguy)) $valid = FALSE;
    }

    // IF THE DOMAIN HAS NO MAIL-EXCHANGE RECORD
    if ($route) {
        $domain = explode('@', $email);
        if ( !checkdnsrr($domain[1]) ) $valid = FALSE;
    }

    return $valid;
}


// INJECTED DEPENDENCY - LIST OF BAD DOMAINS
$bogus = [ '@unknown.com', '@example.com', '@gooseball.org' ];


// DEMONSTRATE THE FUNCTION IN ACTION
$e = !empty($_GET['e']) ? $_GET['e'] : NULL;
if ($e)
{
    if (check_valid_email($e, $bogus))
    {
        echo "<br/>VALID: $e" . PHP_EOL;
    }
    else
    {
        echo "<br/>BOGUS: $e" . PHP_EOL;
    }
}


// END OF PROCESSING - CREATE THE FORM USING HEREDOC NOTATION
$form = <<<ENDFORM
<form>
TEST A STRING FOR A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS:
<input name="e" value="$e" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
ENDFORM;

echo $form;

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