acf_field_email::validate_value │ public │ ACF 1.0

Validate the email value. If this method returns TRUE, the input value is valid. If FALSE or a string is returned, the input value is invalid and the user is shown a notice. If a string is returned, the string is show as the message text.

Method of the class: acf_field_email{}

No Hooks.

Returns

true|false|String.

Usage

$acf_field_email = new acf_field_email();
$acf_field_email->validate_value( $valid, $value, $field, $input );

$valid(true|false) (required)

Whether the value is valid.

$value(mixed) (required)

The field value.

$field(array) (required)

The field array.

$input(string) (required)

The request variable name for the inbound field.

acf_field_email::validate_value() acf field email::validate value code ^{ACF 6.0.4}

public function validate_value( $valid, $value, $field, $input ) {
	$flags = defined( 'FILTER_FLAG_EMAIL_UNICODE' ) ? FILTER_FLAG_EMAIL_UNICODE : 0;

	if ( $value && filter_var( wp_unslash( $value ), FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL, $flags ) === false ) {
		return sprintf( __( "'%s' is not a valid email address", 'acf' ), esc_html( $value ) );
	}

	return $valid;
}