simple e-mail validation

[sevex]

I'm trying to validate an e-mail address by checking for an @ symbol, but it doesn't seem to be finding it. The following code:

<cfoutput>#email# #Find(email, &quot;@&quot#</cfoutput>

yields the following result:

email@email.ca 0

which doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[tleish]

The code syntax is incorrect, the substring needs to be first.

Syntax
Find(substring, string

[

, start

]

)

=== START CODE EXAMPLE ===
<cfset email = &quot;

email@email.ca

&quot;>
<cfoutput>#email# #Find(&quot;@&quot;, email)#</cfoutput>
=== END CODE EXAMPLE ===


A better option would be to use a Regular Expression

=== START CODE EXAMPLE ===
<cfset email = &quot;

email@email.ca

&quot;>
<cfoutput>#email# #REFind(&quot;^

[

^@%*<>

]

+@

[

^@%*<>

]

{2,255}\.

[

^@%*<>

]

{2,5}&quot;, trim(email))#</cfoutput>
=== END CODE EXAMPLE === - tleish

 

[sevex]

thanks a bunch! syntax error, how embarrasing.