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validate_email( string $email, bool $check_domain = true ): string|false

Deprecated functionality to validate an email address.

Description

See also

Parameters

$emailstringrequired
Email address to verify.
$check_domainbooloptional
Deprecated.

Default:true

Return

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

Source

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

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