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-rw-r--r--system/helpers/email_helper.php4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/system/helpers/email_helper.php b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
index 0516e938a..628667d4d 100644
--- a/system/helpers/email_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ if ( ! function_exists('valid_email'))
* @param string
* @return bool
*/
- function valid_email($address)
+ function valid_email($email)
{
- return (bool) preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix', $address);
+ return filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
}
}