Validating email addresses using jQuery and regex - regex

Question

I'm not too sure how to do this. I need to validate email addresses using regex with something like this:
[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*#(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+(?:[A-Z]{2}|com|org|net|edu|gov|mil|biz|info|mobi|name|aero|asia|jobs|museum)
Then I need to run this in a jQuery function like this:
$j("#fld_emailaddress").live('change',function() {
var emailaddress = $j("#fld_emailaddress").val();
// validation here?
if(emailaddress){}
// end validation
$j.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "../ff-admin/ff-register/ff-user-check.php",
data: "fld_emailaddress="+ emailaddress,
success: function(msg)
{
if(msg == 'OK') {
$j("#fld_username").attr('disabled',false);
$j("#fld_password").attr('disabled',false);
$j("#cmd_register_submit").attr('disabled',false);
$j("#fld_emailaddress").removeClass('object_error'); // if necessary
$j("#fld_emailaddress").addClass("object_ok");
$j('#email_ac').html(' <img src="img/cool.png" align="absmiddle"> <font color="Green"> Your email <strong>'+ emailaddress+'</strong> is OK.</font> ');
} else {
$j("#fld_username").attr('disabled',true);
$j("#fld_password").attr('disabled',true);
$j("#cmd_register_submit").attr('disabled',true);
$j("#fld_emailaddress").removeClass('object_ok'); // if necessary
$j("#fld_emailaddress").addClass("object_error");
$j('#email_ac').html(msg);
}
}
});
});
Where does the validation go and what is the expression?

Answer 1

UPDATES
http://so.lucafilosofi.com/jquery-validate-e-mail-address-regex/
using new regex
added support for Address tags (+ sign)
function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
var pattern = /^([a-z\d!#$%&'*+\-\/=?^_`{|}~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]+(\.[a-z\d!#$%&'*+\-\/=?^_`{|}~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]+)*|"((([ \t]*\r\n)?[ \t]+)?([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7e\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))*(([ \t]*\r\n)?[ \t]+)?")#(([a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|[a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF][a-z\d\-._~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]*[a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])\.)+([a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|[a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF][a-z\d\-._~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]*[a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])\.?$/i;
return pattern.test(emailAddress);
}
if( !isValidEmailAddress( emailaddress ) ) { /* do stuff here */ }
NOTE: keep in mind that no 100% regex email check exists!

Answer 2

This is my solution:
function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
var pattern = new RegExp(/^[+a-zA-Z0-9._-]+#[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/i);
// alert( pattern.test(emailAddress) );
return pattern.test(emailAddress);
};
Found that RegExp over here: http://mdskinner.com/code/email-regex-and-validation-jquery

Answer 3

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#emailid').focusout(function(){
$('#emailid').filter(function(){
var email = $('#emailid').val();
var emailReg = /^([\w-\.]+#([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/;
if ( !emailReg.test( email ) ) {
alert('Please enter valid email');
} else {
alert('Thank you for your valid email');
}
});
});
});

Answer 4

Lolz this is much better
function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
var pattern = new RegExp(/^([\w-\.]+#([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/);
return pattern.test(emailAddress);
};

Answer 5

I would recommend that you use the jQuery plugin for Verimail.js.
Why?
IANA TLD validation
Syntax validation (according to RFC 822)
Spelling suggestion for the most common TLDs and email domains
Deny temporary email account domains such as mailinator.com
How?
Include verimail.jquery.js on your site and use the function:
$("input#email-address").verimail({
messageElement: "p#status-message"
});
If you have a form and want to validate the email on submit, you can use the getVerimailStatus-function:
if($("input#email-address").getVerimailStatus() < 0){
// Invalid email
}else{
// Valid email
}

Answer 6

Javascript:
var pattern = new RegExp("^[_A-Za-z0-9-]+(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*#[A-Za-z0-9]+(\\.[A-Za-z0-9]+)*(\\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$");
var result = pattern .test(str);
The regex is not allowed for:
abc#gmail..com
abc#gmail.com..
Allowed for:
abc.efg#gmail.com
abc#gmail.com.my
Source: http://www.mkyong.com/regular-expressions/10-java-regular-expression-examples-you-should-know/

Answer 7

We can also use regular expression (/^([\w.-]+)#([\w-]+)((.(\w){2,3})+)$/i) to validate email address format is correct or not.
var emailRegex = new RegExp(/^([\w\.\-]+)#([\w\-]+)((\.(\w){2,3})+)$/i);
var valid = emailRegex.test(emailAddress);
if (!valid) {
alert("Invalid e-mail address");
return false;
} else
return true;

Answer 8

Try this
function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
var pattern = new RegExp(/^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\#(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/);
return pattern.test(emailAddress);
};

Answer 9

you can use this function
var validateEmail = function (email) {
var pattern = /^([a-z\d!#$%&'*+\-\/=?^_`{|}~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]+(\.[a-z\d!#$%&'*+\-\/=?^_`{|}~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]+)*|"((([ \t]*\r\n)?[ \t]+)?([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7e\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))*(([ \t]*\r\n)?[ \t]+)?")#(([a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|[a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF][a-z\d\-._~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]*[a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])\.)+([a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|[a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF][a-z\d\-._~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]*[a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])\.?$/i;
if (pattern.test(email)) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
};

Answer 10

Native method:
$("#myform").validate({
// options...
});
$.validator.methods.email = function( value, element ) {
return this.optional( element ) || /[a-z0-9._%+-]+#[a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}/.test( value );
}
Source: https://jqueryvalidation.org/jQuery.validator.methods/