# Valdate email in php form **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 24, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/valdate-email-in-php-form/41007 "2004-01-24T15:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mid\_ori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@mid\_ori](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mid_ori)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/valdate-email-in-php-form/41007/1 "2004-01-24T15:42:58Z")
hi, i’ve used the form off the tutorial section and i’m trying to add a validate on the email. i have the follow code but i’m not sure where to place it. if anyone can have a look through this and tell me what to do ```php function checkemail($first) { if (ereg('^[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+'.'@'.'[-!#$%&\'*+\\/0-9=?A-Z^_ `a-z{|}~]+\.'.'[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~]+$', $first)) return true; else return false; } ``` this is the php code for the mailform ```php $value) { $msg .= ucfirst ($key) ." : ". $value . " "; } } else { foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) { $msg .= ucfirst ($key) ." : ". $value . " "; } } mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers); if ($forward == 1) { header ("Location:$location"); } else { echo "Thank you for submitting our form."; } ?> ``` and this is my html code \ \ \Untitled Document\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
\\ \\\ \ \ \\\ \Contact\ \ \ \ \ \\\ \ \ \\ \ \ \
Name\ \\\ \Email\ \\\ \ \ \\ \ \
Message\ \ \ \ \ \ \\ \\