eregi help please

[Bastien]

have the following code trying to validate an email address...


Code:

if ((strlen($email)>=5)&&(strlen($email)<50)){ //min length 5 and max length 50
if ((!eregi(&quot;^[

http://www]{3}&quot;,$email))||(!eregi(&quot;\@setroPETS\.com$&quot;,$email))){

//the above denies emails starts with 'www' or denies emails with endings 'setroPETS.com'
//to prevent useless emails from being entered
if (!eregi(&quot;([A-Za-z0-9]){4,15}$&quot;, $email)){ //prevent emails with 'aaaaaa' or '888888'

if (eregi(&quot;^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_]+@[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9\.]{2,4}$&quot;, $email)){



The problem is in the line that is trying to check for emails starting with '

http://www'.

I am trying to prevent emails with

http://www in

the username and ones with the domain name 'setropets.com' to prevent useless email addresses from clodding the db?

Currently it does allow something like

http://www.bob@bob.com

and bob@setropets.com

any ideas as to what i got wrong?
Bastien

There are many ways to skin this cat,
but it still tastes like chicken

 

[skiflyer]

[w]{3}

should cover www

not even sure how it would interpret [

http://www]{3}

to tell you the truth.

-Rob

 

[danielhozac]

Why would you even want to use [tt]eregi[/tt] for all those operations? This would be a HUGE overhead, since most of these things can be accomplished with some simple comparisons...
//Daniel

 

[Bastien]

its what i ended up doing...and just using eregi for the format of the email itself

thx Bastien

There are many ways to skin this cat,
but it still tastes like chicken