validate_email() │ WP 3.0.0

Deprecated functionality to validate an email address.

No Hooks.

Return

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

Usage

validate_email( $email, $check_domain );

$email(string) (required)

Email address to verify.

$check_domain(true|false)

Deprecated.
Default: true

Notes

• See: is_email()

Changelog

validate_email() validate email code ^{WP 6.5.2}

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