How to validate an email address with PHP

validate-email.php

<?php
function validEmail($email){
// Check the formatting is correct
if(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false){
return FALSE;
}

// Next check the domain is real.
$domain = explode("@", $email, 2);
return checkdnsrr($domain[1]); // returns TRUE/FALSE;
}

// Example
validEmail('[email protected]'); // Returns TRUE
validEmail('[email protected]'); // Returns FALSE
?>

function mxrecordValidate($email){
list($user, $domain) = explode('@', $email);
$arr= dns_get_record($domain,DNS_MX);
if($arr[0]['host']==$domain&&!empty($arr[0]['target'])){
return $arr[0]['target'];
}
}
$email= '[email protected]';

if(mxrecordValidate($email)) {
echo('This MX records exists; I will accept this email as valid.');
}
else {
echo('No MX record exists; Invalid email.');
}