Validating Domains for Email Addresses - PHP

The function responsible for checking to see if the domain has associated mail exchange records is checkdnsrr () . However, this function is not available on the Windows platform and can cause validation issues for the domain name. It needs to have a Windows-compatible checkdnsrr function. The script below is tested to work in Windows XAMPP, but it is not guaranteed to work in all server platforms.

<?php

// PHP email validation script by Codex M for PHP 5 and compatible with Windows platform.

//This script will accept email address and validate it according to RFC specifications as well as check DNS records for validity.

//Then if found valid will store the email to MySQL database.

//connect to MySQL database

$username = "mysqlusernamehere";

$password = "mysql password here";

$hostname = "localhost";

$table = "email";

$database = "email";

//connection to the database

$dbhandle = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)

or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");

//select a database to work with

$selected = mysql_select_db($database,$dbhandle)

or die("Could not select $database");

if (!$_POST['submit'])

{

//form not submitted

?>

<form action="<?php echo $SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"

method="post">

Email Address:

<br />

<input type="text" name="email" size="50">

<br /><br />

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Test email according to RFC Specifications and DNS MX records">

</form>

<?php

}

else

{

//form submitted

//check email field

if (!isset($_POST['email']) || trim($_POST['email']) == "")

{

die ('ERROR: Enter email');

}

else

{

$email =$_POST['email'];

//sanitize for illegal characters

$email = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($email));

//check domain name if it exist

$domainname= explode("@",$email);

$checkdomain= $domainname[1];

//Codex-m improve the Windows compatible checking Checkdnsrr function by Hamish Milne

//Start of MX validation

function checkdnsrr($checkdomain, $type='mx'){

$res=explode("n",strstr(shell_exec('nslookup -type='.$type.' '.escapeshellarg($checkdomain).' 4.2.2.3'),"nn"));

if($res[2]){

return TRUE;

}else{

return FALSE;

}

}

function dns_check_record($checkdomain, $type='mx'){

return checkdnsrr($checkdomain, $type);

}

$result = dns_check_record($checkdomain, $type='mx');

}

//End of MX validation

if((!(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))) ||(!($result==1)))

{

echo $email.' is NOT a valid email address';

echo '<br />';

echo '<a href="http://localhost/testemail.php">Try again</a>';

}

else

{

echo $email.' is a valid email address';

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `email` (`email`) VALUES('$email')")

or die(mysql_error());

echo '<br />';

echo '<a href="http://localhost/testemail.php">Try again</a>';

}

}

?>