I do not see an example call (e.g. from Linux)

How do I call this, please? I tried putting an email address in test_email_validation.php and ran that and got some html out..

I had hoped it would validate all email in emaildomainswhitelist.csv or something like that? several at a time? One at a time will work if that is the only option..

Excuse my ignorance, but I just don't see how to invoke this?

Thanks,
Steve

The test_email_validation.php script is a Web page that outputs the results of the validation of an email.

You can run it from a Web page so you can see the results.

First it will show you a link to validate a generic email. Click on that link. Then change in the URL bar of your browser the part that appears a test email address with the address you want to validate.

In your application just copy the PHP code that the test_email_validation.php and adapt the class variables to set any parameters that need to be changed.

Take a look at the comments in the script for more details and let me know if you have other questions.

Thank-you so much for your quick response!

I do not want to run it as a web page, I just want run it from Linux from the command line. Is this possible without many changes? I hope? Your script seems so comprehensive.

Ideally, just a yes/no output if the email is valid is all am looking for.

Yes, just take the test_email_validation.php script, remove the HTML output and the part that takes the parameter from the $_GET["email"] variable.

Instead take the email to validate from the $SERVER['argv'][1] variable which corresponds to the value of the first argument that you pass to the script from the Linux command line console.

Thank-you Manuel,

I am so close! One issue: Unfortunately, I do not have email set-up on this server (I am just validating to_mail), so, I am getting:

C MAIL FROM: &lt;[my not existing from_email]&gt;<br />
S 553 5.3.0 flpd571 DNSBL:RBL 521&lt; [my ip] &gt;_is_blocked.

Is there generic MAIL FROM address I can use, or can I comment out this check somewhere?

(I will also look to see - thank-you so much for your help:)

Cheers,
Steve

That error means that the IP address of the computer you are using to send email is blacklisted. That may happen if you are using a home based computer or a server in a low cost hosting company.

You need to use a server machine from which you are allowed to send email messages, as the class simulates the delivery of a real message.