Email Address Validation in PHP using Regex

Simple regex to validate email address in php. Validate email address in php regex while submitting form.

$email_regex = "/([a-z0-9_]+|[a-z0-9_]+\.[a-z0-9_]+)@(([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9]+\.[a-z0-9]+)+\.([a-z]{2,4}))/i";
if(!preg_match($email_regex, $email)) {
    echo "Invalid Email Address";
}
else {
    echo "Valid Email Address";
}

PHP Function to Validate Email

Validate Email in php. Simple php function to validate email address.

function validateEmail($email) {
    if(preg_match("~([a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~])@([a-zA-Z0-9-]).([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})~",$email)) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}