# EmailValidator

PHP library that validates email addresses against several RFCs, with pluggable validation strategies.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/egulias-email-validator/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator
- docs: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator/blob/4.x/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Eduardo Gulias Davis
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: composer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-03-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 11639
- packagistDownloads: 822644639
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 74
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 433255
- dependentPackages: 318

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/egulias/EmailValidator (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator/blob/4.x/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/egulias/email-validator.json (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/egulias/EmailValidator (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/egulias/email-validator.json (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/egulias/email-validator.json (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://github.com/egulias/EmailValidator/blob/4.x/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/egulias/EmailValidator/releases/latest (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/egulias/EmailValidator/releases/latest (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/egulias/EmailValidator (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/egulias/EmailValidator/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/egulias/email-validator.json (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/egulias%2Femail-validator (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/egulias%2Femail-validator (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

EmailValidator is a PHP library that checks email addresses against RFC-based rules and a set of extra strategies. A validator takes one strategy per check: the RFC check, a stricter check that fails on RFC warnings, a DNS check for mail-server records, a combinator that runs several strategies with a logical AND, a Message-ID check and a spoof check. Developers can implement their own strategy. It installs with Composer.

## Worth knowing

The DNS check shows that a domain accepts mail, not that a particular mailbox exists. The spoof check and the DNS check need the PHP Intl extension. The project's supported-versions table marks the 3.x line and older as end of life.

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