A more extensive email validator than the default provided by Laravel.

Laravel Email Validator

The Laravel Email Validator extends the Laravel Validator with the validate_email rule.

How do I install it?

The easiest way is via Composer.

To install the latest version of Laravel Email Validator, run the command below:

composer require dossierdata/laravel-email-validator

Then register the service provider in config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    ...
    Dossierdata\LaravelEmailValidator\ServiceProvider::class,
    Dossierdata\LaravelEmailValidator\BootServiceProvider::class,
],

Requirements

• Laravel 5.0 and up

How do I use it?

There are currently four different rules that you can choose from:

• rfc - Validates that the supplied value complies with RFC 5321 and RFC 5322
• rfc_no_warning - Same as the previous rule but will fail on warning
• spf:127.0.0.1 - Validate that the domain of the email has a correct SPF record and that the supplied IP-address/range is authorized for this domain
• dns - Validates that the domain of the email actually exists by checking for an MX or DSN record

Use is as a rule for Validator:

<?php

// Rule without parameters will default to only checking RFC
$validator = \Validator::make([
    'email' => '.incorrect@email.nodomain'
], [
    'email' => 'validate_email',
]);

if ($validator->fails()) {
    dump($validator->errors());
}

// Rule with parameters
$validator = \Validator::make([
    'email' => '.incorrect@email.nodomain'
], [
    'email' => 'validate_email:rfc,spf:127.0.0.1,dns',
]);

if ($validator->fails()) {
    dump($validator->errors());
}

Use via dependency injection:

<?php

$rules = [
    'rfc',
    'spf:127.0.0.1',
    'dns'
];

$emailValidator = app(\Dossierdata\LaravelEmailValidator\Contracts\EmailValidator::class);

if (!$emailValidator->validateValue('.incorrect@email.nodomain', $rules)) {
    dump($emailValidator->errors());
}

Contributing

See the CONTRIBUTING guidelines for this project.

License

The dossierdata/laravel-email-validator is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.