mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses

(PECL mailparse >= 0.9.0)

mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses — Parse RFC 822 compliant addresses

Description

mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses(string $addresses): array

Parses a » RFC 822 compliant recipient list, such as that found in the To: header.

Parameters

addresses: A string containing addresses, like in: Wez Furlong <wez@example.com>, doe@example.com

Note:
This string must not include the header name.

Return Values

Returns an array of associative arrays with the following keys for each recipient:

`display`	The recipient name, for display purpose. If this part is not set for a recipient, this key will hold the same value as `address`.
`address`	The email address
`is_group`	`true` if the recipient is a newsgroup, `false` otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses() example

<?php

$to = 'Wez Furlong <wez@example.com>, doe@example.com';
var_dump(mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses($to));

?>

The above example will output:

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  array(3) {
    ["display"]=>
    string(11) "Wez Furlong"
    ["address"]=>
    string(15) "wez@example.com"
    ["is_group"]=>
    bool(false)
  }
  [1]=>
  array(3) {
    ["display"]=>
    string(15) "doe@example.com"
    ["address"]=>
    string(15) "doe@example.com"
    ["is_group"]=>
    bool(false)
  }
}

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User Contributed Notes 3 notes

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Anonymous ¶

19 years ago

An alternative to the mailparse_rfc822_parse_addresses() function is Mail_RFC822::parseAddressList() from Pear:

http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail.php

It parses the string and returns a structured tree of data. Returns a pear_error object if the string is not valid.

Example:

require_once "PEAR.php";
require_once "Mail/RFC822.php";
                                                                                
$addr= "Hi <hi@world.org>";
                                                                                
$res= Mail_RFC822::parseAddressList($addr);
if (PEAR::isError($res)) die("NOT VALID: " . $res->getMessage() . "\n");
echo "OK. Data:\n";
print_r($res);

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mat at phpconsulting dot com ¶

21 years ago

If for some reason you cannot compile mailparse into your install of PHP, you will also find an extremely similar function in the Mail_MIME PEAR class, specifically in mimeDecode.php.

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murph dot vienna at gmail dot com ¶

10 years ago

<?php
// input: My Test Email <some.test.email@somewhere.net>

function get_displayname_from_rfc_email($rfc_email_string) {
    // match all words and whitespace, will be terminated by '<'
    $name       = preg_match('/[\w\s]+/', $rfc_email_string, $matches);
    $matches[0] = trim($matches[0]);
    return $matches[0];
}
// Output: My Test Email

function get_email_from_rfc_email($rfc_email_string) {
    // extract parts between the two parentheses
    $mailAddress = preg_match('/(?:<)(.+)(?:>)$/', $rfc_email_string, $matches);
    return $matches[1];
}
// Output: some.test.email@somewhere.net
?>

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