Hi All,
How do I grab the email inside a string using Regex?
My string is as follows
"First Last <[email protected]>"
I want to grab "[email protected]" and store it somewhere.
Thanks in advance!
+2
A:
In your example, I'll do something like:
preg_match('/<([^>]+)>/', "First Last <[email protected]>", $matches);
$email = $matches[1];
Check out the official PHP documentation on preg_match.
shad
2010-02-22 17:19:55
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A:
^[^<]*<([^>]*)>$
For the rest, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/201323/what-is-the-best-regular-expression-for-validating-email-addresses
edgar.holleis
2010-02-22 17:20:12
+1
A:
You might want also to check here:
"How to Find or Validate an Email Address" on regular-expressions.info
npinti
2010-02-22 17:21:26
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A:
Without Regex (and likely much faster):
$string = "First Last <[email protected]>";
echo substr($string, strpos($string, '<') +1, -1);
or
echo trim(strstr("First Last <[email protected]>", '<'), '<>');
will both give
[email protected]
If you need to validate the final outcome, use
filter_var($eMailString, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
Gordon
2010-02-22 17:36:25
Though you'd have to add extra checks for non-matching input. Slight advantage for the regex here.
Tomalak
2010-02-22 17:39:28
@Tomalak if there is no `<>` then the Regex (ex @shad's code) won't return anything either. At least with my 2nd example.
Gordon
2010-02-22 17:44:03
Not exactly, because if the sting is ill-formed "bla <<nonsense> bla" a well-crafted regex would still work correctly (i.e.: no match), while substr() or strstr() would fail silently.
Tomalak
2010-02-22 17:48:34
@Tomalak Ah, I see. Yes, but you could still run it through `filter_var` to validate it, though in the UseCase of the OP it looks like he's getting valid eMails right from the start. Looks like he's parsing mail headers to me.
Gordon
2010-02-22 18:01:36
A:
You should consider using mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses if possible.
Gumbo
2010-02-22 18:07:19
A:
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Nikola
2010-08-08 09:17:51