Merge pull request #11 from onkelzfreak1988/patch-2

feulf · feulf · commit 5a7a3b66eff3 · 2012-06-18T22:57:29.000-07:00
update is_email()
diff --git a/system/library/functions.php b/system/library/functions.php
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ function format_money( $number, $add_currency = false ){
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Return true if the email is valid
+	 * Return true if the email is valid else false
 	 */
-	function is_email( $string ){
-		return eregi( "^[[:alnum:]][a-z0-9_.-]*@[a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}$", $string );
+	function is_email( $email ){
+		return preg_match('|^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$|i', $email );
 	}
 
 	/**
