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-rw-r--r--system/helpers/email_helper.php2
-rw-r--r--system/libraries/Email.php2
-rw-r--r--system/libraries/Form_validation.php2
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst2
4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/system/helpers/email_helper.php b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
index 628667d4d..2a63b36c9 100644
--- a/system/helpers/email_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('valid_email'))
*/
function valid_email($email)
{
- return filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
+ return (bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
}
}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Email.php b/system/libraries/Email.php
index 0fcdbd83e..fdb9be4da 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Email.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Email.php
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ class CI_Email {
*/
public function valid_email($email)
{
- return filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
+ return (bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index f3087f883..353624100 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
*/
public function valid_email($str)
{
- return filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
+ return (bool) filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index cc6220253..70d0c80a9 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Global config files are loaded first, then environment ones. Environment config keys overwrite base ones, allowing to only set the keys we want changed per environment.
- Changed detection of ``$view_folder`` so that if it's not found in the current path, it will now also be searched for under the application folder.
- Path constants BASEPATH, APPPATH and VIEWPATH are now (internally) defined as absolute paths.
+ - Updated email validation methods to use filter_var() instead of PCRE.
- Helpers
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- ``read_file()`` is now a deprecated alias of ``file_get_contents()``.
- Added an optional parameter to :doc:`Date Helper <helpers/date_helper>` function ``timezone_menu()`` that allows more attributes to be added to the generated select tag.
- :doc:`Security Helper <helpers/security_helper>` function ``strip_image_tags()`` is now an alias for the same method in the :doc:`Security Library <libraries/security>`.
- - Updated email validation methods to use filter_var so they are more accurate.
- Database