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PHP

Modure Rares
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Modure Rares
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Posted by Modure Rares
Modure Rares
Courses Plus Student 9,041 Points

PHP email validation doesn't work

Hello. I am trying to validate an email address using an API. The problem is that even if I type an invalid email , the program still runs like the email would be valid. What am I doing wrong?// please help me

if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {

        $name = trim($_POST["name"]);
        $email = trim($_POST["email"]);
        $details = trim($_POST["suggestion"]);

        if($name == "" || $email == "" || $details == ""){
            echo "Please fill in al the fields";
            exit;
        }

        echo "<pre>";
        $email_body = "";
        $email_body .= "Name: " . $name . "\n";
        $email_body .= "Email: ". $email . "\n";
        $email_body .= "Details: " . $details ."\n"; #this represents a linebreak 
        echo $email_body;
        echo "</pre>";

        // EMAIL SENDING CODE HERE 

        require("include/class.phpmailer.php");

        $mail = new PHPMailer; 
        ///creating the object

         if(!$mail->ValidateAddress($email)){
            echo "Invalid email address. Please enter a valid email address in order to send a suggestion. Thanks!";
            exit;
         }