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idf/laravel-real-email-validation
=================================

A Laravel rule for performing email addresses validation via regex and DNS checks

1.0.1(6y ago)06.7kMITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Aug 2Pushed 6y ago4 watchersCompare

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Real email validation for Laravel
=================================

[](#real-email-validation-for-laravel)

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> ⚠️ This feature is available in Laravel from v5.8.33 (see [PR](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/29589)) and thus this package is deprecated. By default, this package uses `['html5', 'rfc', 'host']` validation rules, you can replace it by `['email:rfc,dns']`. Unfortunately, Laravel doesn't provide `html5` validation. Read more about [Laravel email validation](https://laravel.com/docs/master/validation#rule-email).

Laravel has a good `email` validation rule, but it can miss some invalid email addresses. This packages aims to cover more cases.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require idf/laravel-real-email-validation
```

The package will automatically register itself.

### Translations

[](#translations)

If you wish to edit the package translations, you can run the following command to publish them into your `resources/lang` folder

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="IDF\RealEmailValidation\ServiceProvider"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$this->validate($request, [
    'email' => ['required', 'email', new RealEmail()],
]);
```

By default it uses the following checks: `html5`, `rfc`, `host`, but you can define your set:

```
// checks without network requests
new RealEmail(['html5', 'rfc'])
```

1. `html5`: Uses regex pattern for rules defined by [WHATWG](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address). Browsers use it for `input[type="email"]`.
2. `rfc`: Strict RFC validation. Check against RFC 5321, 5322, 6530, 6531, 6532, treats warnings as errors.
3. `host`: Checks DNS Records for the host extracted from email address. Uses network.
4. `mx`: Check DNS Records for MX type only. ⚠️ This option is not reliable because it depends on the network conditions and some valid servers refuse to respond to those requests.

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [All Contributors](../../contributors)
- Symfony validation (for inspiration)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~24 days

Total

2

Last Release

2450d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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