PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL Filter
Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL filter removes all illegal e-mail characters from the string.
This filter allows all characters, numbers, as well as $-_.+!*'{}|^~[]`#%/?@&=.
- Name: "email"
- ID-number: 517
Example
<?php
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL
));
?>
Output:
string(19) "someone@example.com"