Sanitize and validate an email address
Returns valid email address, or blank string if it isn’t valid.
Usage
// basic usage
$string = $sanitizer->email(string $value);
// usage with all arguments
$string = $sanitizer->email(string $value, array $options = []);
Arguments
| Name | Type(s) | Description |
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value | string | Email address to sanitize and validate. |
options (optional) | array | All options require 3.0.208+ allowIDN (bool|int): Allow internationalized domain names? (default=false)
Specify int 2 to also allow UTF-8 in local-part of email [SMTPUTF8] (i.e. bøb).getASCII (bool): Returns ASCII encoded version of email when host is IDN (default=false)
Does not require the allowIDN option since returned email host will be only ASCII.
Not meant to be combined with allowIDN=2 option since local-part of email does not ASCII encode.getUTF8 (bool): Converts ASCII-encoded IDNs to UTF-8, when present (default=false)checkDNS (bool): Check that host part of email has a valid DNS record? (default=false)
Warning: this slows things down a lot and should not be used in time sensitive cases.throw (bool): Throw WireException on fail with details on why it failed (default=false)
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Return value
stringSanitized, valid email address, or blank string on failure.
$sanitizer methods and properties
API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.214