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validate_email( string $email, bool $check_domain = true )

This function has been deprecated. Use is_email() instead.

Deprecated functionality to validate an email address.

Description

See also

Parameters

$email

(string) (Required) Email address to verify.

$check_domain

(bool) (Optional) Deprecated.

Default value: true

Return

(string|false) Valid email address on success, false on failure.

Source

File: wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php 

function validate_email( $email, $check_domain = true) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'is_email()' );
	return is_email( $email, $check_domain );
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/formatting.php: is_email()

Verifies that an email is valid.
wp-includes/functions.php: _deprecated_function()

Mark a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Use is_email()
MU (3.0.0) Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_email