Validating email addresses using jQuery and regex

UPDATES

• http://so.lucafilosofi.com/jquery-validate-e-mail-address-regex/
• using new regex
• added support for Address tags (+ sign)

function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
    var pattern = /^([a-z\d!#$%&'*+\-\/=?^_`{|}~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]+(\.[a-z\d!#$%&'*+\-\/=?^_`{|}~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]+)*|"((([ \t]*\r\n)?[ \t]+)?([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7e\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|\\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))*(([ \t]*\r\n)?[ \t]+)?")@(([a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|[a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF][a-z\d\-._~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]*[a-z\d\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])\.)+([a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]|[a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF][a-z\d\-._~\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]*[a-z\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])\.?$/i;
    return pattern.test(emailAddress);
}

if( !isValidEmailAddress( emailaddress ) ) { /* do stuff here */ }

• NOTE: keep in mind that no 100% regex email check exists!

This is my solution:

function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
    var pattern = new RegExp(/^[+a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/i);
    // alert( pattern.test(emailAddress) );
    return pattern.test(emailAddress);
};

Found that RegExp over here: http://mdskinner.com/code/email-regex-and-validation-jquery

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#emailid').focusout(function(){
    $('#emailid').filter(function(){
      var email = $('#emailid').val();
      var emailReg = /^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/;
      if ( !emailReg.test( email ) ) {
        alert('Please enter valid email');
      } else {
        alert('Thank you for your valid email');
      }
    });
  });                 
});

Lolz this is much better

    function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
        var pattern = new RegExp(/^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/);
        return pattern.test(emailAddress);
    };

I would recommend that you use the jQuery plugin for Verimail.js.

Why?

• IANA TLD validation
• Syntax validation (according to RFC 822)
• Spelling suggestion for the most common TLDs and email domains
• Deny temporary email account domains such as mailinator.com

How?

Include verimail.jquery.js on your site and use the function:

$("input#email-address").verimail({
    messageElement: "p#status-message"
});

If you have a form and want to validate the email on submit, you can use the getVerimailStatus-function:

if($("input#email-address").getVerimailStatus() < 0){
    // Invalid email
}else{
    // Valid email
}