validate_email( string $email, bool $check_domain = true ): string|false

Parameters

$emailstring

Email address to verify.

$check_domainbooloptional

Deprecated.Default: true

Return

string|false

Valid email address on success, false on failure.

Uses · 2

• _deprecated_function()Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.
• is_email()Verifies that an email is valid.

Source

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170function validate_email( $email, $check_domain = true) {171	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'is_email()' );172	return is_email( $email, $check_domain );173}

History

Introduced in MU (3.0.0). Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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