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oskonnikov/email-checker-php
============================

PHP Package To Validate If An Email Address Exists Without Sending An Email

1.0(2y ago)01361MITPHPPHP ^7.0|^8.0|^8.1

Since Oct 10Pushed 2y agoCompare

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Validate Email for PHP
======================

[](#validate-email-for-php)

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**Notice** - That extracts the MX records from the email address and connect with the mail server to make sure the mail address accurately exist. So it may be slow loading time in local and some co-operate MX records take a long time.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require oskonnikov/email-checker-php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$email_checker = new Oskonnikov\EmailCheckerPHP\EmailChecker();
echo $email_checker->check('amigo.k8@gmail.com');
```

### 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.

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

950d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ac71c65d6b053239764bc36a5578232e89e3106f49435628cef5114ad29521a7?d=identicon)[anders2014](/maintainers/anders2014)

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Top Contributors

[![oskonnikov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22006002?v=4)](https://github.com/oskonnikov "oskonnikov (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpemailvalidatesmtp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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