mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses

Parse RFC 822 compliant addresses (PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PECL mailparse:0.9-2.1.1)
array mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses ( string addresses )

Parses a » RFC 822 compliant recipient list, such as that found in the To: header.

Parameters

addresses

A string containing addresses, like in: Wez Furlong <wez@example.com>, doe@example.com

Note:

This string must not include the header name.

Return Values

Returns an array of associative arrays with the following keys for each recipient:

`display`	The recipient name, for display purpose. If this part is not set for a recipient, this key will hold the same value as `address`.
`address`	The email address
`is_group`	`TRUE` if the recipient is a newsgroup, `FALSE` otherwise.

Examples

Example 1134. mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses() example

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<?php


$to = 'Wez Furlong <wez@example.com>, doe@example.com';
var_dump(mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses($to));

?>

The above example will output:

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array(2) {

  [0]=>

  array(3) {

    ["display"]=>

    string(11) "Wez Furlong"

    ["address"]=>

    string(15) "wez@example.com"

    ["is_group"]=>

    bool(false)

  }

  [1]=>

  array(3) {

    ["display"]=>

    string(15) "doe@example.com"

    ["address"]=>

    string(15) "doe@example.com"

    ["is_group"]=>

    bool(false)

  }

}

Code Examples / Notes » mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses

dancablam

To just extract the email address out of an RFC822 line, it's faster and more reliable to just use a simple regex such as: <?php $rfc = '"Bob Smith" <bob@smith.com>'; preg_match('/[\\w\\.\\-+=*_]*@[\\w\\.\\-+=*_]*/', $rfc , $regs); $parsed = $regs[0]; ?> The above code will pull out: bob@smith.com No matter the variation of the RFC822 line, as long as there's a valid email address in it somewhere, the above regex will find it.

mat

If for some reason you cannot compile mailparse into your install of PHP, you will also find an extremely similar function in the Mail_MIME PEAR class, specifically in mimeDecode.php.

24-nov-2004 12:12

An alternative to the mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses() function is Mail_RFC822::parseAddressList() from Pear: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail.php It parses the string and returns a structured tree of data. Returns a pear_error object if the string is not valid. Example: require_once "PEAR.php"; require_once "Mail/RFC822.php"; $addr= "Hi <hi@world.org>"; $res= Mail_RFC822::parseAddressList($addr); if (PEAR::isError($res)) die("NOT VALID: " . $res->getMessage() . "\n"); echo "OK. Data:\n"; print_r($res);

mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses

Parse RFC 822 compliant addresses (PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PECL mailparse:0.9-2.1.1) array mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses ( string addresses )

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

Example 1134. mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses() example

Code Examples / Notes » mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses

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Parse RFC 822 compliant addresses (PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PECL mailparse:0.9-2.1.1)
array mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses ( string addresses )