unable to validate email address in php

[cute.bandar]

This should work, but I just can't figure out what wrong here. HOping that there is something simple I am missing

function email_valid ($email) 
        {  
          if (preg_match("/^[_\.0-9a-zA-Z-]+@([0-9a-zA-Z][0-9a-zA-Z-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,6}$/i", $email)) 
                        return true;
          else  return false;
          
        }
if ( email_valid($email)  == FALSE ) ;
{
      $errors[] = "notemail" ;
}

In this email_valid always returns false , no matter what the parameter is.
What is wrong here. Every email address supplied is treated as invalid.
Help!

 

[khmadhu]

u have a typo here..

if ( email_valid($email) == FALSE ) ;

why there is a semicolon at the end of if statement!! ?

remove that it will work..

and a tip for u..
and in regex if u r giving /i at the end u dont need to specify A-Z

 

[cooljeba]

that's the problem with regex.. it is so complex..

 

[cute.bandar]

why there is a semicolon at the end of if statement!! ?

dammnit! that was the error. I spent hours trying to fix this. arghhh!

thanks man