/**
* Exists
*
* Uses SMTP/MX Query Requests to check whether or not the Email
* address exists on the server.
*
* **This requires an active, open net connection**
* **This could fail if your outbound IP/mail server has been blacklisted**
*
* @param string $email Email address to discover
* @return Returns TRUE if the server response verifies the Email address.
* FALSE otherwise.
*/
public static function exists($email)
{
if (!EmailValidator::validate($email)) {
return false;
}
$smtp = new SmtpLookup\SmtpLookup();
return $smtp->lookup($email);
}
<?php require __DIR__ . '/../EmailValidator/EmailValidator.class.php'; use EmailValidator\EmailValidator; $email = '*****@*****.**'; $email2 = '*****@*****.**'; $email3 = ' missingparts.com'; var_dump(EmailValidator::validate($email)); var_dump(EmailValidator::validate($email2)); var_dump(EmailValidator::validate($email3));
<?php require __DIR__ . '/../EmailValidator/EmailValidator.class.php'; use EmailValidator\EmailValidator; $email = '*****@*****.**'; $email2 = '*****@*****.**'; var_dump(EmailValidator::exists($email)); var_dump(EmailValidator::exists($email2));
