NAME

Data::FormValidator::EmailValid - Data::FormValidator e-mail address constraint/filter

SYNOPSIS

use Data::FormValidator::EmailValid qw(FV_email_filter FV_email);

my $results = Data::FormValidator->check(
  {
    'email' => 'Graham TerMarsch <cpan@howlingfrog.com>',
  },
  {
    'required'      => [qw( email )],
    'field_filters' => {
      'email' => FV_email_filter(),
    },
    'constraint_methods' => {
      'email' => FV_email(),
    },
  },
);

DESCRIPTION

Data::FormValidator::EmailValid implements a constraint and filter for use with Data::FormValidator that do e-mail address validation/verification using Email::Valid.

Although I generally find that I'm using the filter and constraint together, they've been separated so that you could use just one or the other (e.g. you may want to constrain on valid e-mail addresses without actually cleaning up or filtering any of the data provided to you by the user).

METHODS

FV_email_filter(%options)

Filter method which cleans up the given value and returns valid e-mail addresses (or nothing, if the value isn't a valid e-mail address).

"Valid" is deemed to mean "looks like an e-mail"; no other tests are done to ensure that a valid MX exists or that the address is actually deliverable.

This filter method automatically converts all e-mail addresses to lower-case. This behaviour can be disabled by passing through an lc=>0 option.

You may also pass through any additional Email::Valid %options that you want to use; they're handed straight through to Email::Valid.

FV_email(%options)

Constraint method which checks to see if the value being constrained is a valid e-mail address or not. Returns true if the e-mail address is valid, false otherwise.

This differs from the "email" constraint that comes with Data::FormValidator in that we not only check to make sure that the e-mail looks valid, but also that a valid MX record exists for the address. No other checks are done to ensure that the address is actually deliverable, however.

You can also pass through any additional Email::Valid %options that you want to use; they're handed straight through to Email::Valid.

AUTHOR

Graham TerMarsch (cpan@howlingfrog.com)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007, Graham TerMarsch. All Rights Reserved.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same license as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Data::FormValidator, Email::Valid.